C.Q 7.4

The effect of our motivations on our retrieval of memories ____.

can lead to distortion so that the original information is hardly recognizable

A classic method of measuring the retention of material in long-term memory over time is to ____.

compare the rate of learning material the first time to the rate of learning the same material a second time

The reduction in the ability to retrieve rarely used information over time is called ____.

decay

Mr. Langley's former high school Latin students are holding a 25-year reunion. He surprises them with a vocabulary game show quiz. His students most likely ____.

have retained much of the vocabulary they knew in high school

Learning changes neural structure in that neurons have _____ axon terminals following sensitization.

larger numbers of

Memory aids that link new information to well-known information are called ____.

mnemonics

Kevin is legally required to send a quarterly check to his former wife, whom he divorced 20 years ago. It annoys him greatly, and he finds that he often forgets until several days after the due date. This is likely an example of ____.

motivated forgetting

Students who pull all-nighters tend to perform _____ on tests the next day.

poorly

Aaron is studying for his sensation and perception exam by explaining terms and concepts to his friend Catherine in his own words and providing self-referential examples. This is called ____.

recitation

Most types of memories appear stronger after _____.

sleep

Research has shown that _____ plays an important role in the consolidation of memories.

sleep

fMRIs have shown that prefrontal areas of the brain appear to actively ____ memories that are used less frequently.

suppress

It is thought that sleep-related processing helps to reorganize existing memories to accommodate new information.

true

Which of the following is the best description of interference?

Competition between newer and older information in memory

_____ is a confusion between imagined and true memories.

Confabulation

Who was part of a team that demonstrated persistent changes in the strength of synapses responsible for several types of learning in sea slugs?

Eric Kandel

_____ enhances communication between two neurons.

Long-term potentiation

Which of these statements about long term memory is NOT true?

Older people are less able to add new information to their long-term memories than younger people are.