PSY 101 Chapter 6

_____ is the process of bringing to mind information that is already in memory. Transfer Storage Retrieval Encoding

Retrieval

If memories are not _____, they will not remain in the long-term memory system. rehearsed encoded retrieved consolidated

consolidated

People who have amnesia can still acquire new procedural memories because the _____ area of the brain is not necessary for implicit memories. temporal lobe frontal lobe hippocampal amygdal

hippocampal

Long-term memory can be kept for _____ and has _____ capacity. hours to years; an unlimited hours to years; a limited a few hours; a limited a minimum of one year; an unlimited

hours to years; an unlimited

3. When someone is unsuccessfully trying to remember something, there is activity in the: A. auditory cortex. B. left frontal lobe. C. visual cortex. D. hippocampus.

left frontal lobe

Clarice's grandfather can still remember his first day of school when he was 6 years old. Her grandfather has stored this information in his _____ memory. long-term sensory short-term echoic

long-term

Typing on a computer keyboard without looking at the keys is a kind of _____ memory.

procedural

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. chunking. blocking. bias.

rehearsal

Penelope is trying to remember a phone number by repeating it several times in her head. Penelope is using _____ to remember the items. chunking rehearsal blocking bias

rehearsal

An "oldie" playing on the radio reminds Donald of events that occurred when the song was current. For Donald, the song is acting as a(n): mnemonic aid. procedural memory. flashbulb. retrieval cue.

retrieval cue

As Cora watches television, she sees a commercial for a local used car dealer and then remembers that she needs to get gas for her car. Seeing the car commercial has served as a _____ for Cora. transient cue retrieval cue source memory encoding cue

retrieval cue

Chad is puzzling over a difficult question on a multiple-choice sociology test however as he rereads the response options he remembers the correct answer. Chad has made use of: retrieval cues. mnemonic aids. flashbulb memories. procedural memory.

retrieval cues

Darlene is trying to remember the name of a woman sitting next to her on the bus. She knows she met her at a party, and she is trying to remember which one. Darlene is able to imagine where the woman was seated at the party, as well as what she was eating. Darlene is using _____ to remember the woman's name. retroactive inhibition retrieval cues proactive inhibition implicit memory

retrieval cues

Chata suffered brain damage to her medial temporal lobe in a bicycle accident. Now she can no longer remember things that occurred prior to her injury. Chata probably has: anterograde amnesia. medial temporal lobe epilepsy. retrograde amnesia. blocking.

retrograde amnesia

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

sensory

The briefest type of memory storage is _____ memory

sensory

2. When we place ourselves in the physical space our original learning process occurred, we prime ourselves to more readily retrieve memories that were encoded in the same space. This is called: A. the encoding specificity principle. B. All of these choices are correct. C. the tip-of-the tongue state. D. state-dependent retrieval.

Encoding specificity principle

Julie has been playing soccer for most of her life and is a very good player. Therefore, Julie was surprised when her friend asked her to describe how to bend a free kick so that the ball curves, and she could not put it into words. Julie's knowledge of how to bend a free kick is probably: a procedural memory. not very well formed. both a procedural and an explicit memory. an explicit memory.

a procedural memory

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. short-term iconic echoic long-term

echoic

Micah may be able to repeat the last few digits in a phone number even if he was not paying attention. Because this is auditory information, it is still available in his _____ memory. echoic short-term iconic long-term

echoic

According to the _____ principle, it would be best to study for an exam in the same room in which one will take the exam.

encoding specificity

Jenny remembers her 25th birthday party vividly and recalls how her parents surprised her with a brand new necklace. This is an example of a(n) _____ memory. semantic explicit sensory implicit

explicit