PSYCH 1010 Final Exam Chapter 7

Estimates suggest that as many as 14 to 16 million Americans will suffer from Alzheimer's disease by the year __________ if a cure cannot be found before that time.

2050

Billy has just returned home from visiting his grandparents. His grandfather always had a jar of jelly beans on the table, and his mother asked Billy about the jar. "Sure," says Billy, "it was right there where it always was." Billy's mother knew that the jar was gone. The grandfather had recently been diagnosed with diabetes and had cut down on his sugar intake. Why did Billy remember seeing the jar of jelly beans?

He reconstructed his memory using new and old information.

Who is most likely to obtain the top score on his or her vocabulary test?

Ryan, who has drawn a picture to illustrate each word.

In the text, the authors discussed the astounding memory capabilities of Rajan. He could recall the digits for the number pi starting from nearly any place in the sequence. His amazing ability is due, in part, to his use of __________.

chunking

Your best friend is an airline pilot. You often ask him about his flying experiences, but the stories he tells are rather bland. One day he invites you to accompany him on a flight. Surprisingly, once you are up in the air, he begins to share with you all kinds of interesting stories. What is the best explanation for this change?

context dependent learning

Remembering that your father used to read The Cat in the Hat to you every night best illustrates which type of memory?

episodic

Shonda cannot remember where she parked her car. Specifically, which type of memory could currently be causing Shonda a problem?

episodic

You watch LeShon wave his Fourth of July sparkler as he runs. As you watch, you notice a circle of light rather than just a single point of light. This effect demonstrates the functioning of your __________ memory.

iconic

Shanna has a quiz covering research methods for both her biology and psychology classes. As she studies, she is continually getting information confused between the classes. The resulting memory loss is explained by __________.

interference

As we age, our ability to recognize the strengths and limitations of our own memories improves. This is known as __________.

meta-memory

Researchers asked students about their initial recollections a few days after the Challenger explosion and then 2 1/2 to 3 years later. The results showed that __________.

most students showed changes in their memories with the passage of time and about one-third showed dramatic changes in memory

In long-term memory, __________ memory does not require much effort or attention to recall information.

procedural

Misty and her family just got back from a vacation at Disney World, where they had a great time. Under which of the following circumstances is Misty likely to struggle remembering what they did?

right after viewing a documentary about serial killers

The system of memory that can hold approximately seven "chunks" of information for approximately 15 seconds is called __________ memory.

short-term

The ability to identify the origins of a memory is known as __________.

source monitoring