Cog. Psych Ch. 6

The primacy effect is attributed to

recall of information stored in long-term memory

___________ memories are to experiences as ___________ memories are to facts.

Episodic; semantic

Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?

Because it involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an implicit memory?

Semantic memory

From a cognitive psychology perspective, memories from specific experiences in our life are defined as being ________.

autobiographical

Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for ___________ of a list.

both the first and last words

Work with brain-injured patients reveals that ___________ memory does not depend on conscious memory.

implicit and procedural

One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that

people are not conscious they are using it

Lucille is teaching Kendra how to play racquetball. She explains how to hold the racquet, how to stand, and how to make effective shots. These learned skills that Lucille has acquired are an example of ___________ memory.

procedural

The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true

simply because we have been exposed to them before