Psychology modules 31 and36
The quest for a physical bias of memory involves a search for
Memory trace
Most Americans still have accurate flashbulb memories of the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001. This best illustrates that memory formation is facilitated by
The bodies release of stress hormones
Although Mr. Kameda has recently learned to play poker quite well, he cannot consciously remember ever having played poker. It is likely that he has suffered damage to his
hippocampus
unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the
hippocampus
Cerebellum is to ________ memory as hippocampus is to ________ memory.
implicit; explicit
Harry Bahrick observed that three years after people completed a Spanish course, they had forgotten much of the vocabulary they had learned. This finding indicates that information is lost while it is
in storage
On the telephone, Dominic rattles of a list of 10 grocery items for Kyoko to bring home from the store. Immediately after hearing the list, Kyoko attempts to write down the items. She is most likely to forget the items
in the middle of the list
A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in ________ memory.
long term
During the earliest stage of speech development, infants
make some speech sounds that do not occur in their parents' native language
The beginning of babies' receptive language development is best illustrated by their capacity to
match another person's distinctive mouth movements with the appropriate sounds.
The address for obtaining tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen, but the image disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write down the complete address. To his surprise, however, he has retained a momentary mental image of the five-digit zip code. His experience best illustrates ________ memory.
iconic
The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word "hit" in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of
semantics
The destructive effects of prior learning on the recall of new information is called
Retroactive interference
Flashbulb memories are stored in
amygdala
In considering the seven sins of memory, misattribution is to the sin of ________ as blocking is to the sin of ________.
distortion; forgetting
Although Ibrahim has looked at his watch thousands of times, he is unable to recall whether the watch features Arabic or Roman numerals. This is most likely due to a failure in
encoding
In English, adjectives precede nouns. This is a rule of syntax, which is the
orderly arrangement of words into grammatically sensible sentences
Using barely recognizable syllables to communicate meaning best illustrates a 12 month olds developing capacity for
productive language
Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues
recall
The ability to comprehend the meaning of speech is called
receptive language
Two people learned nonsense syllables and then tried to recall them after up to eight hours had elapsed. John Jenkins and Karl Dallenbach observed that forgetting occurred least rapidly when the individuals spent their time
sleeping
Research suggests that a memory trace is most likely to involve
synaptic changes
Every morning, Krista pages through a picture book with her 12-month-old daughter. For each picture, Krista points to the picture and identifies it by name, such as "dog." This example best illustrates the use of which of the following in helping her daughter learn language?
association
The finding that people who sleep after learning a list of nonsense syllables forget less than people who stay awake provides evidence that forgetting may involve
encoding failure
The process of getting information out of memory is called
retrieval