Learning Curve Study Guide

HM (Henry Molaison) had a form of _____ amnesia, which means that he could not store new memories. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

anterograde

Quinton never remembered his new friend's phone number because he was not paying attention. MOST likely he will not recall this number because of a failure in:

encoding.

Zandra's teacher tells her that she cannot forget something if she never "got it" in the first place. MOST likely, Zandra's teacher is referring to a failure in:

encoding.

Aurora tells her roommate about her physics exam, and he does not seem to be listening. Aurora accuses him of not paying attention, so he repeats back the last three words of her story. This does not excuse him, because Aurora knows that he may be relying on his _____ memory.

echoic

Charlene may be able to repeat the last few words that someone spoke even if she was not paying attention. This is because the information is still available in her _____ memory.

echoic

While driving in a new city, Liam briefly sees a road sign that he thinks marked the exit he is looking for, but after a few seconds he cannot remember what the sign said. This illustrates the quick decay of _____ memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

iconic

Encoding is the process by which: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

one transforms experiences into enduring memories.

Dr. Tshibetta is running a memory experiment using fMRI. One participant is asked to remember a particular set of words, and Dr. Tshibetta notices that the upper left frontal lobe is particularly active during the task. The participant is MOST likely using what type of encoding?

organizational

Semantic, visual, and _____ encoding all depend on different areas of the brain.

organizational

Semantic, visual, and _____ encoding all depend on different areas of the brain. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

organizational

Edgar is able to remember what he did yesterday after dinner. Edgar engaged in encoding, storing, and _____ the information. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

retrieving

Omar experienced a dissociative fugue state. He suddenly snapped out of it in front of a pet supplies display in a Boise, Idaho discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro, North Carolina. Omar's amnesia is best described as:

retrograde

Li thinks about what she ate for breakfast this morning. To recall this, her brain must first encode the information, then _____ the information, and finally retrieve the information.

store

Once someone learns information, it is _____ so that it can be accessed later. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

stored in the brain

Long-term memory is possible because of the:

strengthened pathways in the brain achieved through repeated signals sent across synapses.

Dr. Chopra is running a memory experiment using fMRI. One participant is asked to remember a particular set of directions, and Dr. Chopra notices that the occipital lobe is particularly active during the task. The participant is MOST likely using _____ encoding.

visual imagery

Jessica is trying to memorize all 26 definitions in her chemistry booklet in the last 2 minutes before the exam. She believes that she can store all the definitions in her short-term memory. In fact, her short-term memory is able to hold approximately _____ of the definitions.

7

_____ encoding involves categorizing items according to how they relate to one another.

Organizational

In which situation would it be BEST for Sheila to use semantic encoding?

She wants to remember a new fact about psychologist Albert Bandura.

Semantic, visual, and organizational encoding all depend on _____ of the brain.

different regions

A year after getting married, Barnabas told his friends he was very happy. Now Barnabas is getting divorced, and he recalls his marriage as unhappy and tumultuous. This is because memories are constructed and not:

recorded

Nate is going to the grocery store to pick up a few things. He refuses to write a list, but instead repeats the eight items he intends to buy over and over in his head on the way to the store. This is an example of:

rehearsal.

If Xavier used rehearsal to remember a grocery list, he would: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

repeat the items over and over.

Before information can be transferred to short-term memory, it must first be a part of _____ memory.

sensory

Storage is:

the process of maintaining information in memory over time.

Storing information and manipulating it, such as calculating a simple addition problem in one's head, would require the use of _____ memory. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

working