Module 23. Storing And Retrieving Memories

The process that occurs when memories that are temporarily stored in the hippocampus migrate for storage elsewhere in the brain is called:

memory consolidation

_____ memory refers to one's tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current emotions.

Mood-congruent

People remember exciting or shocking events for a long time due to activation of a structure in the limbic system called the _____.

amygdala

Procedural memory requires activation of the:

basal ganglia

Two brain areas involved in the formation of implicit memories are the _____ and the _____.

basal ganglia; cerebellum

Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news of the Sandy Hook school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. This BEST illustrates _____ memory.

flashbulb

The _____ is the brain area involved in processing explicit memories for storage.

hippocampus

Luke experiences some damage to his cerebellum. Based on information provided in the textbook, Luke's _____ memory may be impaired.

implicit

A research participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember immediately after having read the poem once. The greatest number of recall errors should occur for lines _____ of the poem.

in the middle

Which factor is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory?

long-term potentiation

Procedural memory involves:

motor movement

One's strongest retrieval cues are often associated _____ information.

sensory

One's tendency to recall the last and first items in a list is known as the _____ effect.

serial position

Ralph came home quite drunk from a party on Saturday night. Luckily, he was given a ride home. He threw his apartment keys down somewhere and immediately fell asleep. He may not be able to find his keys again until he is once again drunk because of:

state-dependent memory

Which choice does NOT pair a brain structure or region with the correct memory system? -basal ganglia—implicit memory -frontal lobes—explicit memory -cerebellum—explicit memory -hippocampus—explicit memory

cerebellum—explicit memory

Research with the sea slug Aplysia has contributed to psychologists' understanding of not only long-term potentiation but also:

classical conditioning

Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time, even though they cannot recall having seen the story before. They have MOST likely suffered damage to a brain structure called the _____.

hippocampus

Regarding long-term memory, which statement is MOST accurate? -The capacity of long-term memory is essentially limitless. -No memory can last a lifetime. -Storing new information in long-term memory necessarily involves displacing older information. -Long-term memory capacity is actually quite limited.

The capacity of long-term memory is essentially limitless

If the functioning of one's cerebellum is impaired, one would have trouble:

tying a knot

People's environment often influences them by activating their principles through priming. This process is:

unconscious

The general tendency to recall the last and first items in a list is known as the _____ effect.

serial position

The primacy effect refers to the fact that:

the first-presented items in a list are more likely to be remembered than items in the middle of the list.