Psy 100 march 19

effortful processing

As opposed to automatic processing, _____ refers to encoding that requires attention and conscious work.

primacy

In the _____ effect, the first items on a list are remembered better than the middle items on a list.

Hippocampus

The _____ is the brain area involved in processing explicit memories for storage.

Changable or memory

The misinformation effect highlights the:

the items presented first on a list are more likely to be remembered than items on the middle of the list.

The primacy effect refers to the fact that: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Miller

The psychological article on short-term memory capacity, "Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two," was written by George _____.

distributed

The spacing effect refers to the benefit of _____ practice.

mood-congruent memory.

Those suffering from depression are more likely to have their memories affected by priming negative associations. This is known as:

rehearsal

Through conscious repetition of information in short-term memory, we can encode information for long-term storage. This is known as:

infantile amnesia

being unable to recall events before age three

Repression

in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories is called:

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

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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:

effortful processing.

Although one might wish that studying occurred automatically, unfortunately, successful studying requires the attention and conscious work known as:

the misinformation effect.

When people are given subtle misleading information about a past event, they often misremember the true details surrounding the event. This is known as:

reconsolidation

When they are retrieved, memories are often altered before they are stored again. This process is called _____.

reconsolidation

When they are retrieved, memories are often altered before they are stored again. This process is called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button

Which factor is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory?

Which factor is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory?

implicit, explicit

_____ memory refers to retention of information that is independent of conscious recollection, whereas _____ refers to memory of facts and experiences.

You remember exactly what you were doing when you heard about the Sandy Hook school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.

Which statement is the BEST example of a flashbulb memory?

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memory becomes reliable at age

memory

the mental processes that enable us to learn, store, and retrieve information.

retrieval

Which of these is NOT a measure of retention?

Hippocampus

Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time, even though they can't recall having read the story before. They have MOST likely suffered damage to the: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

explicit, implicit

Mabel has Alzheimer's disease and her _____ memories of people and events are lost, but she is able to display an ability to form new _____ memories by being shown words repeatedly. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Hippocampus

Damage to the _____ would MOST likely interfere with a person's ability to form new memories of a family vacation trip

recall

Dr. Napleton prefers to give his students all essay and fill-in-the-blank questions to fully test their:

explicit

Our memory of facts and experiences that we consciously know and can easily recite is known as _____ memory. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

the context in which they learned

Professor Mollier suggests that her students study for an exam in a room that has sound and lighting similar to their own classroom. She even suggests that they wear the same type of clothing while studying and taking the exam. To increase their memory retention while studying, Professor Mollier wants the students to consider:

implicit

Some patients with anterograde amnesia have learned how to spot hard-to-find figures in the Where's Waldo? series without any conscious awareness that they can do so. This BEST illustrates their retention of _____ memory

eposodic

Because she drank too much alcohol, Deanna barely remembers her twenty-first birthday. That is, her _____ memory of that evening is sketchy.

Stress hormones increase glucose activity, which then fuels brain activity.

A long time ago, Leslie was stuck in an elevator for over 3 hours. Though generally not claustrophobic, after 2 hours she felt like the elevator walls were closing in on her. Now 10 years later, she still vividly recalls the details of the emotionally traumatic experience. What is MOST likely causing her long-lasting robust memory of this event?

spacing; distributed; massed

Based on the _____ effect, _____ practice leads to better learning than _____ practice does.

Amygdala

Estelle remembers a night she was mugged and brutally beaten. This memory probably involves not only her hippocampus, but also her ____ because of the emotional nature of the event.

retrieval

In daily life, when one says one remembers some information or a piece of knowledge, one means that one is able to use it. Memory, therefore, entails not only encoding and storage but also _____.

it is easier to relearn; that is, to learn the material for a second time.

Katrina studied the Russian language in high school. Although she was not fluent, she did accumulate a large vocabulary. Years later she decided to go to Russia, so she wanted to brush up on her vocabulary. She picked up the vocabulary much more quickly because

sensory

Our strongest retrieval cues are often associated ______ information. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

implicit memory.

Our unconscious memory of learned skills is known as:

automatic process

We _____ information about space. For example, while reading a textbook we encode the place on a page where certain material appears.

working

_____ memory is a newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, as well as information retrieved from long-term memory. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.