AP PSYCH CHAPTER 8

What is the percent of children who did not get touched in the genital area, yet still pointed there when asked?

55%

During a Spanish language exam, Janice easily remembers the French vocab she studied in the morning, but finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocab she rehearsed that afternoon.

Proactive interference

Occurs when something you learn now interferes with your ability to recall something you learned earlier

Retroactive interference

Im the movie Memento, the lead character has to write everything on his body and take notes; if he doesn't, he quickly forgets because he doesn't have:

Short-term memory

A long time ago, Leslie was stuck in an elevator for more than three hours! Though generally not claustrophobic, after two 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?

Stress hormones increase glucose activity, which then fuels brain activity

Memory experts who express skepticism regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories emphasize that

therapeutic techniques such as guided imagery and dream analysis encourage the construction of false memories

What occurs partly because visualizing something and actually perceiving it activate similar brain areas?

Imagination inflation

Major difference between memories derived from real experience and imagined experience is that:

Imagined memories are more restricted to the "gist" of the supposed event

"If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing."

James

He referred to priming as the "wakening of associations."

James

James suffered hippocampus damage. He cant remember verbal info, but can recall visual designs and locations. Where is the damage?

Left hippocampus

In an effort to recall his early life experiences, Aaron formed vivid mental images of the various rooms in his childhood home. Aaron was engaging in the process of:

Priming

Measure of retention that is least sensitive in triggering retrieval

Recall

not a measure of retention

Retrieval

The most common response to a traumatic experience includes:

Vivid and persistent memories

neural basis for learning and memory

long-term potentation

Theo suffers from depression and is currently in treatment. His physician is using electroconvulsive therapy, which will affect his _____ memory.

short term

The three steps in memory information processing are

Encoding, storage, retrieval

A long time ago, Leslie was stuck in an elevator for more than three hours! Though generally not claustrophobic, after two 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?

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

On a business trip last year, Susan and Pam flew from Los Angeles to Boston. Susan really hates to fly. In the middle of the flight, Susan and Pam experienced 20 minutes of very severe turbulence. Susan remembers this incident as if it were yesterday, but Pam cannot recall it. Why?

Susan experienced emotion-triggered hormonal changes

Cyndi meets nine new neighbors at a a block party. Moments later, she can only remember the names of the first 3 And last 2. This illustrates:

The serial position effect

Henry decided to organize what he is studying by paying attention to chapter outlines, headings, objectives, learning outcomes, and test questions. This best illustrates the use of:

hierarchical organization