psy learning curve ch.8c

Morris was sitting in the park one day and witnessed a robbery. When asked by the police to describe the "young criminal," Morris recalled erroneously that the criminal was a teenager rather than an adult. Morris's experience BEST illustrates the _____ effect.

misinformation

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Answer choicesretroactive interference.

proactive interference.

Events that are forgotten are like books that cannot be found in a library. Which scenario is MOST similar to a retrieval failure?

The title and author of the book cannot be remembered, so it cannot be looked up. The book was eventually discarded because it became too worn and damaged. (This is most nearly similar to storage decay.)

Loftus and Palmer (1974) conducted an experiment in which participants estimated the speed of a car described as either hitting or smashing into another. The _____ variable in this experiment was _____.

dependent; speed estimates

Freddy met a woman in the library and immediately thought he knew her. He asked, "Have I met you before?" She replied, "No." She walked away assuming he was trying to ask her out. This could have been an example of:

déjà vu.

Tanner's study partner asks him, "Which German physiologist is associated with the trichromatic theory of color vision?" "Um . . . von . . . von . . . I know it! H something . . . ," Tanner manages. Tanner is experiencing:

the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

The MOST common response to a traumatic experience involves:

vivid and persistent memories

A police officer stops you to ask about an automobile accident you may have witnessed the previous day. Because you were in the area at the time of the accident, the officer asks how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" into each other. Given the research findings of Loftus and Palmer, how might the officer's wording affect your recollection of the incident? You would be more likely to remember:

a more serious accident than if the officer had used other wording (for example, "hit" each other).

Which course of forgetting BEST describes the typical forgetting curve?

a rapid initial decline in retention becoming stable thereafter

_____ is a loss of memory, often due to brain trauma, injury, or disease.

amnesia

Ebbinghaus himself was the only participant in his studies of memory. Ebbinghaus therefore used the _____ method in his research.

case study

After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, Samantha was asked if she recognized the "man" who was driving the car. Several hours later, Samantha mistakenly recalled that the driver was male rather than female. Samantha's experience BEST illustrates the _____ effect.

misinformation

Yancy was sitting in the park one day and witnessed a robbery. When asked by the police to describe the "young criminal," Yancy recalled erroneously that the criminal was a teenager rather than an adult. Yancy's experience BEST illustrates:

the misinformation effect