PSY 328 (Cog. Psych) Test 4: CHP 6-7
According to your text, which of the following movies is LEAST accurate in its portrayal of a memory problem?
50 First Dates
Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?
Because it is involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it
Which of the following involves procedural memory?
Reading a sentence in a book
_______ cues help us remember information that has been stored in memory.
Retrieval
The inability to assimilate or retain new knowledge is known as?
anterograde amnesia
Memory for a word will tend to be better if the word is used in a complex sentence (like ?the bicycle was blue, with high handlebars and a racing seat?) rather than a simple sentence (like ?he rode the bicycle?). This probably occurs because the complex sentence
creates more connections
According to the levels of processing theory, memory durability depends on how information is
encoded
Acquiring information and transforming it into memory is
encoding
The principle that we learn information together with its context is known as
encoding specificity
One of the defining properties of the experience of episodic memory is that
it involves mental time travel
This multiple choice question is an example of a ____ test.
recognition
Elaborative rehearsal of a word will LEAST likely be accomplished by
repeating it over and over
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 LTM.
retrieval cues
According to memory research, studying is most effective if study sessions are
short and across several days
The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true
simply because we have been exposed to them before
Shallow processing of a word is encouraged when attention is focused on
the number of vowels in a word
Memory enhancement due to conceptual priming is a result of
the test stimulus being similar in meaning to the priming stimulus
Memory enhancement due to repetition priming is a result of?
the test stimulus being the same or resembling the priming stimulus
Memory performance is enhanced if the type of task at encoding matches the type of task at retrieval. This is called?
transfer-appropriate processing
The defining characteristic of implicit memory is that
we are not conscious we are using it