Exam 6: Memory

When people hear a sound,their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve,which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound.This process is called _________.

Long-term memory is thought to be organized in the form of _________.

Which technique is most widely used by therapists to help clients recover lost childhood memories?

Iconic memory allows us to remember the beginnings of sentences long enough to have meaningful conversations.

If memory were like the sea,we could say that _________ is long-term memory,_________ are the specific memories,and _________ are retrieval cues.

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in.As he walked out of the classroom,he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper.Shaquin's problem is the _________ component of memory.

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory.

Which of the following is an example of a test using recall?

What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of short-term memory?

Recognition is typically harder than recall.

_________ appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories.If it is removed,the ability to store anything new is completely lost.

Jessica took psychology in the fall semester and is now taking sociology.Several of the concepts are similar,and Jessica finds that she sometimes has trouble recalling some of the major psychological theorists.She keeps getting them confused with sociological theorists.Jessica's problem is most likely due to _________.

Janie is taking an exam in her history class.On the exam,there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!).Janie remembers four of them.She knows there is a fifth,but time is u

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia found in adults and the elderly.

Which of these individuals is the most typical person involved in a case in which memories of past childhood abuse are recalled later in life?

Talya,a psychology major,just conducted a survey for class where she asked students about their opinions regarding evolution.When Talya thinks back on this experience,which of the following statements is accurate?

Loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward is called _________.

Hypnosis enhances the confidence people have in their memories,regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number _________.