LearningCurve Module 23. Studying and Encoding Memories

When one hears a familiar word in one's native language, it is virtually impossible not to recognize the word's meaning. This BEST illustrates the importance of:

automatic processing.

Jamal's brother often pretends to listen to what Jamal is saying, but really he is focused elsewhere. When Jamal asks him, "What did I just say?" his brother can sometimes repeat Jamal's last few words. This is likely caused by his _____ memory.

echoic

Professor Wallace studies memory in people who have had strokes. Professor Hansen studies people who claim to have clear memories of events that happened over three decades ago. Such research on the extremes of memory:

helps us to understand how memory works.

Fill-in-the-blank test questions are to multiple-choice questions as _____ is to _____.

recall; recognition

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

rehearsal

While taking his statistics exam, Charles is trying to remember a statistical formula that he studied the night before. However, he cannot seem to recall the correct information. Charles is failing to _____ information from his long-term memory.

retrieve

Although Jordan cannot recall the exact words of a poem he heard recently, he clearly remembers the poem's meaning. This BEST illustrates the importance of:

semantic encoding.

To make a long-distance call, one has to dial an unfamiliar phone number. One is likely to have trouble retaining the number one just looked up. This BEST illustrates the limited capacity of _____ memory.

short-term

Our memory of facts and experiences that we consciously know and can easily recite is known as _____ memory.

explicit

Sensory memory is to _____ as long-term memory is to _____.

fleeting; permanent