Ch 8 cog quiz

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory?

I remember the big island of Hawaii has many active volcanoes.

Research shows that ___________ does not improve reading comprehension because it does not encourage elaborative processing of the material.

highlighting

Elaborative rehearsal of a word will LEAST likely be accomplished by

repeating it over and over

According to memory research, studying is most effective if study sessions are

short and across several days

Flashbulb memory is best represented by which of the following statements?

It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time.

Examples from your book describing real experiences of how memories, even ones from a long time ago, can be stimulated by locations, songs, and smells highlight the importance of ___________ in long-term memory.

Retrieval cues

___________ cues help us remember information that has been stored in memory.

Retrieval question

Elementary school students in the United States are often taught to use the very familiar word "HOMES" as a cue for remembering the names of the Great Lakes (each letter in "HOMES" provides a first-letter cue for one of the lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). This memory procedure usually works better than repeating the names over and over. The use of this familiar word provides an example of

elaborative rehearsal

According to your text, imagery enhances memory because

imagery can be used to create connection between items to be remembered

___________ memories are those that we are not aware of.

implicit

The idea that we remember life events better because we encounter the information over and over in what we read, see on TV, and talk about with other people is called the

narrative rehearsal hypothesis