Exam 6: Memory-Part A

The synapse is defined as the space between:

Much of what we know about the neurological basis of long-term memory comes from laboratory studies of:

If presented with similar but misleading information about an event during participants' recollection of the event,participants are then more likely to incorporate the misleading information into their future accounts of the event.This is probably due to the fact that the misleading information was presented closely in time with the _____ of the event.

The tendency to incorporate misleading information from outside sources into personal recall of events is called:

The BEST example of the use of a retrieval cue is:

Claudia recalls that Henry Kissinger was President Nixon's secretary of state,but she was not alive during the Nixon administration and she has no clue if she learned the information in school,in a book,or on the news.Claudia is experiencing a failure of _____ memory.

Memories lose specificity over time;a fact associated with the _____ of memory.

A business executive was so occupied with a potential merger that she completely forgot about a meeting she had scheduled for that afternoon with a new client.This illustrates _____ due to a failure in _____ memory.

Roger is using rehearsal to remember a telephone number.Each time he repeats the numbers,he is "reentering" the information into his short-term memory,thus adding about _____ to the shelf life.

As illustrated by the study in which people first imagined and then falsely remembered spilling punch all over the bride's parents at a wedding,_____ plays a large role in the formation of false memories.

Angelika studies a set of pictures.The next day,she is asked to provide details about the pictures.Which brain structures are MOST responsible for her accurate recall?

Michelle,whose first language is Spanish,is currently learning French in college.When she goes to see her Spanish-speaking grandmother,she inserts French words into her Spanish.Michelle is experiencing:

Short-term memory is to working memory as:

Clara is in a sad mood.She is asked to recall an event in her past that was relatively neutral-her performance in a junior-high history class in which she earned a B-and she recalls it being a sadder experience than it probably was.The influence of Clara's current mood on her memory illustrates the memory sin of:

Angus is asked to list his last three addresses on a job application.He writes his current address but momentarily blanks on his previous addresses because his current address keeps popping into mind.Angus is experiencing:

Tara,a professional ice skater,struggles to remember the names of the various people she meets as part of her job but has no problem remembering elaborate skating routines.This illustrates the difference between explicit and _____ memory.

Forty-year-old Renard suffered a traumatic brain injury that injured his hippocampus.He is LEAST likely to forget:

Kandel and colleagues repeatedly stimulated the tail of an Aplysia with a mild electric shock.They then successfully produced a long-term memory in the Aplysia by demonstrating that the gill:

The enhanced ability to think about a word or object due to a recent exposure to that same word or object is called:

While sitting at the kitchen table,Jenna thought of an extremely funny joke.She walked into the living room to call her best friend,Cynthia.Unfortunately,on her way there,she forgot the punch line of the joke.To help herself remember,she went back to the kitchen table and remembered the line.What helped jog Jenna's memory?