Psych

Meredith remembers the first several companies she contacted in her job search, but not the next few; this exemplifies the _____ effect

primary

A multiple-choice question asks students to select the brain area most involved in emotion from among several possibilities. Such a question is a _____ test of _____ memory.

recognition and explicit

Of the types of memory in the information-processing model, _____ memory has the SMALLEST capacity.

short term

Learning is defined as:

a relatively enduring change in behavior or thinking resulting from experience.

Colton wakes up in a hospital. Apparently, he cannot remember anything that happened immediately following a severe head injury. Colton's case demonstrates _____ amnesia.

anterograde

To prepare for an important midterm, Zoe studies 90 minutes each night for five nights. Zoe's method exemplifies:

distributed practice

Jeremy reads a chapter in a textbook knowing that he will be tested on the material. He is trying to get the information into his memory so that he will be able to do well on his exam. In this example, Jeremy is utilizing the memory process of:

encoding

What is the FIRST step in the memory process?

encoding

When the room is empty, Frankie studies her art history notes in the lecture hall where she attends class. Frankie is attempting to capitalize on the _____ effect.

encoding specificity

The textbook states that "people with retrograde amnesia generally remember who they are and the most important events of their earlier lives." This sentence suggests that some _____ memories are preserved in cases of retrograde amnesia.

episodic

Abigail and Alisa are at the amusement park together, and Alisa gets very scared of the enormous roller coaster. Several weeks later, Abigail asks her, "Remember how much fun we had on the roller coaster?" Alisa nods and agrees that the roller coaster was great and does not recall being afraid. This is an example of the _____ effect.

misinformation

The tendency for new and inaccurate information obtained after an incident to distort one's memory of that event is called the _____ effect.

misinformation

Alan Baddeley is one of the psychologists who was responsible for proposing the:

model of working memory

Anterograde amnesia is to retrograde amnesia as _____ is to _____.

new and old

Zack imitates his trainer's stance when he performs a weightlifting exercise. In this instance, Zack is demonstrating:

observational learning

Episodic memory is demonstrated in one's memory for:

ones first kiss

Absalom receives a new "Make your own Marker" set for his birthday, and his mother tells him to wait to use it until she can help him. He disobeys her and gets the ink all over his bedroom carpet. Absalom is then punished with a 30-minute timeout, and he loses his Marker Maker kit. Absalom's mother is teaching him through the process of:

operant conditioning