Chapter 7 quiz
Imagine that lawmakers are considering changing the driving laws and that you have been consulted as an attention expert. Given the principles of divided attention, in which of the following conditions would a person have the most difficulty with driving and therefore pose the biggest safety risk on the road?
When the person is driving an unfamiliar vehicle that is more difficult to operate.
Research shows that ___________ does not improve reading comprehension because it does not encourage elaborative processing of the material.
highlighting
The task of determining the object responsible for a particular image on one's retina is called the
inverse projection problem.
Groups of neurons or structures that are connected within the nervous system are called__________.
neural networks
The story in the text about the balloons that were used to suspend a speaker in mid-air was used to illustrate the role of ___________ in memory.
organization
Bransford and Johnson's study had participants hear a passage, which turned out to be about a man on the street serenading his girlfriend in a tall building. The wording of the passage made it difficult to understand, but looking at a picture made it easier to understand. The results of this study illustrated the importance of ___________ in forming reliable long-term memories.
organizational context
The concept of reconsolidation is based on the ________ of retrieved memories.
fragility
Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?
Because it involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it.
Which organ is unique in that it appears to be static tissue?
Brain
According to the levels of processing theory, which of the following tasks will produce the best long-term memory for a set of words?
Making a connection between each word and something you've previously learned
Sperling's delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that
information in sensory memory fades within one or two seconds.
The standard model of consolidation proposes that the hippocampus is
strongly active when memories are first formed and being consolidated but becomes less active when retrieving older memories that are already consolidated.
Elementary school students in the United States are often taught to use the very familiar word "HOMES" as a cue for remembering the names of the Great Lakes (each letter in "HOMES" provides a first-letter cue for one of the lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). This memory procedure usually works better than repeating the names over and over. The use of this familiar word provides an example of
elaborative rehearsal.
Katie and Alana are roommates taking the same psychology class. They have a test in four days during a 10:00-11:00 AM class period. Both women intend to study for three hours, but because of different work schedules, Katie will study one hour for each of the next three days, while Alana will study three hours the day before the exam. What could you predict about their performances?
Katie should perform better because of the spacing effect.
___________ cues help us remember information that has been stored in memory.
Retrieval
What is the key difference between synaptic consolidation and systems consolidation?
Scale
Camille is taking part in the school play. She is having trouble remembering her lines and comes to you for help. You tell her that all of the following ways EXCEPT ______ will help her to remember her parts of the play.
reading the entire play several times
You have been studying for weeks for a nursing school entrance exam. You love the idea of becoming a nurse, and you have been enjoying learning about the material for your exam. Each night, you put on comfortable clothes and study in the quiet of your lovely home. Memory research suggests you should take your test with a(n) ________ mindset.
relaxed
Retrograde amnesia is usually less severe for ______ memories.
remote
Elaborative rehearsal of a word will LEAST likely be accomplished by
repeating it over and over.