chapter 9 memory

The three-stage processing model of memory was proposed by

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the:

amygdala

When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of

automatic processing

sensory memory

brief recording of info from senses

Q25:Grouping items into smaller more manageable units is

chunking

The combination of individual letters into familiar words enables you to remember more of the letters in this sentence. This best illustrates the value of

chunking

Q32:Automatic processing is most likely to occur WITHOUT

conscious awareness

implicit memory

conscious thought not needed for recollection

Q9:eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event

deja-vu

spacing effect

distributing information over time

Q22:Memories of auditory sounds

echoic memory

The extensive rehearsal necessary to encode new math concepts best illustrates

effortful processing

Q30:Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fall asleep

encoding failure

Q7:The inability to recall numbers on a phone that are not accompanied by letters is due to

encoding failure

efffortful processing

encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

memory

encoding, storing, and retrieval of info

Q18:Which of the following substances is most likely to facilitate the formation of new memories

epinephrine

LTP

explains the neural basis for memory

Q17:The hippocampus plays a critical role in ____ memory

explicit memory

explicit device

facts and experiences you consciously know

many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy. this best illustrates ____ memory

flashbulb

Q2:Many people can recall exactly what they were doing on the attacks of 9/11. This illustates

flashbulb memory

Q34:The process of encoding refers to

getting information into memory

Certain patients with amnesia are incapable of recalling activities, yet they can be conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a specific sound. They have most likely suffered damage to the

hippocampus

Q23:The ability to recite a phone number that flashed on the TV but unable to recall it later

iconic

Q15:Damage to _____ most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal info

left hippocampus

short-term memory

limited capacity of 30 seconds or so

long term memory

limitless memory of countless facts

Q20:Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity

long term memory

Q33:A flashbulb memory would typically be stored to ___ memory

long-term

which of the following is believed to be the biological basis for learning and memory

long-term potentiation

Q26:A mnemonic device is

memory aid

mnemonic devices

memory aids

Q3:Recalling information that was not mentioned or seen is an example of

misinformation effect

Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of

mnemonic device

Q24:We learned the color of the rainbow as ROYGBIV. This illustrates

mnemonics

Q8:Negative associations primed by distressing emotions most clearly illustrate

mood congruent memory

Q19:Long-term potentiation is a(n)

neural basis for memory

chunking

organizing items into manageable units

Q10:Watching a show about spousal mistreatment, Tara recalls mistreatment by her ex-husband.

priming

Q5:After learning your new locker combination but later unable to remember 7th grade locker com

proactive interference

Q12:Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?

recall

Q14:When an eyewitness is asked to describe an accident, which test of memory is being utilized

recall

serial position effect

recalling the first and last items in a list

A measure of your memory in which you need to pick the correctly learned answer from a displayed list of options is known as a measure of

recognition

Q13:Which memory test shows Mrs. Wayne is able to identify her classmates by looking at yearbook

recognition

Q31:Studying for a spelling test, Billy writes the words 10x each. He is

rehearsing

rehearsal

repeating or repetition items to memory

Mrs. McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so. Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates

repression

Q4:A type of motivated forgetting in which painful memories are blocked from consciousness

repression

Q11:Words, events, places, and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called

retieval cues

Q35:The process of getting information out of memory

retrieval

Q6:Older people are have more trouble recalling previously learned info means that have difficulty

retrieving information

Q16:Damage to the______ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of visual designs

right hippocampus

At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she remembers only the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experience illustrates

serial position effect

Q28:The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list than the middle items

serial position effect

When you have to make a long-distance call, dialing an unfamiliar area code plus a seven-digit number, you are likely to have trouble retaining the just-looked-up number. This best illustrates the limited capacity of ________ memory.

short term

Q21:The magical number 7, "+ or - 2" refers in the storage capacity of _____ memory

short-term

Q1:As a child Amy dreamed she almost drowned. Years later she recalled this happened to her

source amnesia

Recalling something that you had once merely imagined happening as something you had directly experienced best illustrates

source amnesia

Q29:Jamie does better on test if she studies 20 minutes everyday the week prior to tests

spacing effect

Students who restudy course material in order to pass a comprehensive examination are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates:

spacing effect

automatic processing

unconsciously encoding info

Q27:We are more likely to remember words laptop & phone rather than honor and value due to

visual memory

flashbulb memory

vivid memory for an emotionally charged event