Psychology: Learning Curve 8c.

_____ is the inability to form new memories.

anterograde amnesia

At a loud party, Maggie met so many new people that when she ran into one of her new acquaintances on campus the next day, she was unable to remember her name. The MOST likely explanation for her forgetting the name of her new acquaintance is:

interference

At a loud party, Maggie met so many new people that when she ran into one of her new acquaintances on campus the next day, she was unable to remember her name. The most likely explanation for her forgetting the name of her new acquaintance is called _____.

interference

Jacinta often studies Spanish and French back-to-back right after school. She might have trouble remembering the different vocabularies because she is not minimizing _____.

interference

Although Rae typically drinks six glasses of red wine every day, she recalls drinking little more than a couple of glasses each day. This best illustrates _____.

motivated forgetting

Our ability to recognize material can make us feel _____, which might lead to poorer performance on certain tests.

overconfident

Research has indicated that verbatim laptop note taking in class leads to _____ of material.

poorer retention

Whenever Mark tries to recall his new cell-phone number, he keeps coming up with his old cell-phone number. Mark's failure to remember his new phone number is probably caused by:

proactive interference

When you are unable to remember a person's name upon seeing them, but the name is remembered a few minutes later, you have experienced a problem with

retrieval

Ivan recently suffered a severe stroke and is no longer able to remember events from his childhood. His memory problems are related to:

retrieval failure

While taking an American history exam, Marie was surprised and frustrated by her momentary inability to remember the name of the first president of the United States. Her difficulty MOST clearly illustrates:

retrieval failure

If a hint or cue helps you recall information that you were previously unable to access, you are having difficulty with ____ information.

retrieving

After switching dorm rooms and getting a new phone number, Alexis found that it was harder to remember her previous dorm room's phone number. Alexis was experiencing _____.

retroactive interference

After switching dorm rooms and getting a new phone number, Samantha found that it was harder to remember her previous dorm room's phone number. Samantha was experiencing:

retroactive interference

The more _____ information to be learned is, the more likely it is that _____ will occur.

similar; interference

Several months after watching a science fiction movie about space travel and alien abduction, Steve began to remember that aliens had abducted him and subjected him to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie. This BEST illustrates:

source amnesia

When we experience déjà vu, it is likely due to:

source amnesia

After a four-hour study session, which of the following would be MOST beneficial in retaining information?

taking a walk

A police officer stops you to ask you about an automobile accident you may have witnessed the previous day. Because you were in the area at the time of the accident, the officer asks how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" into each other. Given the research findings of Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer, you would be more likely to remember:

a more serious accident than if the officer had used another word to describe the accident

Mackenzie has a Mitsubishi TV. The company's logo appears every time she turns the TV on. However, when asked, she is unable to describe the logo. This is because of _____ failure. If this happens, we will never remember the information

encoding

Adam suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle accident that makes it impossible for him to form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty MOST clearly illustrates:

encoding failure

Rashad is studying for tomorrow's biology exam. He has been reading and taking notes for hours, and he feels like he cannot study any longer. To avoid retroactive interference, the BEST thing for Rashad to do is:

get ready to go to sleep