LearningCurve Module 25

According to the textbook, which student is MOST likely to remember more newly learned information for an exam in the morning?

Jamie, who studied for her psychology exam and then went directly to bed and slept for 7 hours

Professor Yu has so many memories of former students that she has difficulty remembering the names of new students. The professor's difficulty BEST illustrates _____ interference.

proactive

Whenever Mark tries to recall his new cell-phone number, he keeps getting it mixed up with his old cell-phone number. Mark's failure to remember his new cell-phone number is probably caused by _____.

proactive interference

In _____ interference, information learned earlier disrupts the recall of information learned more recently. In _____ interference, recently learned information disrupts the recall of information learned earlier.

proactive; retroactive

Dana is suffering from _____ when she fails to remember events preceding traumatic brain injury.

retrograde amnesia

Forest often has vivid dreams. In the morning, he can recall them in great detail. This sometimes gets him in trouble because he can't figure out if he is remembering a dream or something that he actually experienced. This problem is known as _____ amnesia.

source

Victor has been working 70-hour workweeks and has been getting his days and nights mixed up as well as having trouble separating his dreams from reality. Just yesterday, he thought a project had been completed, but in reality it was only a dream. This problem is known as _____ amnesia.

source

Colton wakes up in a hospital. Apparently, he cannot remember anything that happened immediately following a severe head injury. Colton's case BEST demonstrates:

anterograde amnesia.

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

case study

The MOST common response to a traumatic experience involves:

vivid and persistent memories.