Chapter 6 quiz

After a single presentation, Megan can recall her friend's long-distance telephone number and five-digit extension even though the sequence contains 15 digits. One reason for her ease of recall is that she combined the digits into smaller groups. This process is called__________

Chunking

Psychologists believe that we possess a sensory register for_______

Each of our sensory systems

Benjamin can remember exactly where he was and what he was doing when he heard about the death of his big brother. This is called a(n)

Flashbulb Memory

The appearance of new information in short-term memory displacing the old information suggests that STM store is______

Limited

By mentally repeating a telephone number after looking it up for the first time, Jim was engaged in______

Maintenance Rehearsal

Bill was in an automobile accident. The events just prior to the accident are still a blur. Bill demonstrates __________ amnesia.

Retrograde

Atkinson and Shiffrin proposed the three stages of memory referred to as

Sensory, short-term, and long-term

George Miller found that the average person is able to keep about _______ digits in mind at a time.

Seven

Evan met Lesley at a party last week. He sees her again a few weeks after their first meeting. He knows that he knows her name but just can't retrieve the information. What is this experience referred to as?

Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Jennie returned to her elementary school when she was visiting her parents from her home in a distant city. When she came to the school playground swing set, she suddenly remembered being thrown off a swing and breaking her arm. Jennie was experiencing a_______

context-dependent memory

Explicit memory, also called _________ memory, can be clearly stated or explained

declarative

Abe and Rose, who have been married for 13 years, are discussing the events that led to their very first date. Rose distinctly remembers giving Abe her telephone number at a party, but Abe is certain that he got her number from her best friend, Linda. Abe and Rose have different __________ memories of the event.

episodic

Tim can remember what he had for lunch yesterday. What is this is an example of?

episodic memory

At college Jim is learning to speak French, but he keeps using Spanish words he learned in high school. What is this an example of?

proactive interference

A student taking a multiple-choice exam generally relies on the ______ memory task.

recognition