Psych 7-8

After playing the sax for years Collin wanted to focus on a different sound so he bought a clarinet. Which statement describes Collins likely experience in making this change?

Collin learned to play the clarinet quickly due to positive transfer

Which of the following lies at the core of flashbulb memories?

Emotion

When you look at a selfie of a person on your phone and determine if he or she is surprised or fearful, you engage in ______.

Experiential processing

Which of the following best describes explicit memory?

Include memory for general knowledge

A person remembers going to a concert with John years ago. In reality, the person went to the concert with Ronnie, but lived on the same dorm floor as john. This is an example of _____.

Source confusion

A basic unit of thought is defined as a ______.

concept

Which of the following best describes suppression?

consciously keeping memories from awareness

Which term defines the ability to retain a projected mental picture long enough to use it as a source of information?

eidetic imagery

The lack of appropriate cues can lead to forgetting as a result of ____.

failure retrieval

Which of the following is best supported by Ebbinghaus research on forgetting?

forgetting is rapid at first and is followed by slow decline

Telling a friend about the time you went hang gliding in the alps would be classified as a ______.

memory explicit, episodic

Priya has been playing high level tennis for years. At her company picnic the first time she ever played softball tried to swing the bat one handed like a tennis racquet which of the following best describes the cause of priyas behavior at the softball game?

negative transfer

Where would the memory of how to ride a bike be stored?

procedural memory

Hearing an old song that triggers a memory, which in turn triggers further associated memories, is an example of ______.

reintegration

The concept of disuse is closely associated with which aspect of memory?

retrieval

In which type of memory does information have the briefest life span?

sensory memory

Which of the following plays a key role in transforming information from short term memory to long term memory?

the hippocampus

What is the defining characteristic of the various types of amnesia?

timing of the affected information

Which term defines the feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable?

tip of the tongue state