Exam 6: Memory-Part A

The tendency to reconstruct the past to fit the present is termed:

The first few and last few items in a series are more likely to be recalled than are the items in the middle,a phenomenon termed the _____ effect.

After several days of practice,a person learning how to play the guitar can finally play a D chord fairly easily.Successfully playing this chord requires _____ memory.

Damage to the amygdala is associated with:

Blocking occurs when you:

Jennifer is a child who suffered hippocampal damage.It might be predicted that Jennifer will struggle with:

Relying on your computer to help you remember information has advantages and disadvantages similar to those observed with:

When a professor of psychology was asked to recall how she felt about her choice of a psychology major as a sophomore in college,her recollections of the college major were more positive than were her actual uncertain feelings at the time.This memory phenomenon is known as _____ bias.

Sensory storage holds information for a maximum of:

Working memory includes subsystems that store and manipulate:

Brittany is daydreaming in class when her instructor asks her a question.Brittany finds that,even though she was not paying attention,she can replay in her "mind's ear" the instructor's last words,taking advantage of a process called:

The result of sending a neurotransmitter across a synapse is MOST analogous to:

_____ memory occurs when past experiences influence later behavior and performance,even without an effort to remember them.

Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of _____ memory.

After practicing how to tie her shoes for months with her mother,Sara can now easily tie her shoes by herself without purposely thinking about the steps.This capability is an example of:

Divided attention is to _____ as the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is to _____.

A stray cat would be LEAST likely to remember where it last:

Forty-year-old Eli was prompted to recall information about the first college football game he attended as a freshman student some 22 years earlier.Specifically,he was asked information about whether his team won,the weather,who accompanied him to the game,and the size of the crowd at the game.Sometime later,Eli and his twin brother William,who also was at the game but did not experience the initial interview,were asked to recall as many details about the game as possible.What would Eli be MORE likely than William to forget?

Jerry is asked to think of a word that rhymes with "motor." Jimmy is asked to think about how a motor works.The next day,both men are asked,"Hey,what was the word that you heard yesterday that rhymes with 'voter'?" _____ will be more likely to recall "motor" because _____.

Betty fondly remembers her college days.When she goes back for homecoming,however,she gets lost trying to find East Hall.Betty is probably experiencing the _____ of memory.