psych ch 8: memory

The capacity of short-term memory is _____ items.

5 to 9

H.M.'s anterograde amnesia was more severe than was his retrograde amnesia. This means that he had more trouble:

Creating new memories than accessing old ones.

_____________ is input of information into the memory system.

Encoding

Which of the following demonstrates episodic memory:

Your first kiss.

Forgetting anything good that happened on your trip to France because you just broke up with your French fiancée and now can't bear the thought of anything French is a good example of ________: Memories are distorted by your current belief system.

bias

Which of the following is NOT a short-term memory system in the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) model?

central executive

Genna is engaged in _____ when she repeats the telephone number that was just given to her by the cute guy she met in a restaurant.

maintenance rehearsal

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

misinformation

Memory refers to:

the brain processes involved in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information over different periods of time.

Which of the following is an example of a mnemonic device?

using the acronym "HOMES" to remember the names of the five Great Lakes.