Chapter 8 Quiz

He referred to priming as the "wakening of associations." Freud Cattell Bleuler James

James

The sense of familiarity without awareness of why it is familiar is known as: proactive interference. retroactive interference. déjà vu. flashbulb memory.

déjà vu.

During a Japanese language exam, Marla easily remembers the Mandarin vocabulary she studied that morning, but she finds it difficult to recall the Japanese vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates: retroactive interference. the spacing effect. source amnesia. proactive interference.

proactive interference.

In the movie Memento, the lead character has to write everything on his body and take notes. If he does not, he quickly forgets because an injury has left him without __________ memory. long-term short-term flashbulb echoic

short-term

Theo suffers from depression and is currently in treatment. The form of treatment his physician is using is electroconvulsive therapy, a therapy that will affect his ___________ memory. long-term explicit short-term implicit

short-term

Our memory of facts and experiences that we consciously know and can easily recite is known as: declarative memory. implicit memory. long-term potentiation. explicit memory.

explicit memory.

Some of our memories of an emotionally significant moment or event are vividly clear. These memories are known as: sensory memories. flashbulb memories. long-term potentiation. mood-congruent memories.

flashbulb memories.

The retention of encoded information over time is called: storage. encoding. rehearsal. retrieval.

storage.

Memory experts who are skeptical about reports of repressed and recovered memories emphasize that: there is very little people can do to relieve the distress resulting from traumatic memories. most extremely traumatic life experiences are never encoded into long-term memory. people rarely recall memories of long-forgotten unpleasant events. therapeutic techniques such as guided imagery and dream analysis encourage the construction of false memories.

therapeutic techniques such as guided imagery and dream analysis encourage the construction of false memories.