Psychology Exam 1 65- 89

Rehearsal

65. Minutes before her biology test, Katie tries to learn the definition of "osmosis" from her class notes. She repeats the definition over and over again in her mind until she is confident that she will remember it. Which of the following methods is Katie using to help her memorize the definition?

Central Executive

66. According to Baddeley's view of the three components of working memory, the _____ acts like a supervisor who monitors which information deserves our attention and which we should ignore

phonological loop

67. According to Baddeley, the _____ is specialized to briefly store speech-based information about the sounds of language.

Explicit memory/implicit memory

68. Which of the following is true of long-term memory?

Explicit

70. Which of the following is subdivided into episodic and semantic memory?

Implicit

71. _____ includes the systems involved in procedural memory, classical conditioning, and priming.

explicit memory

72. Which of the following refers to the conscious recollection of information, such as specific facts and events and, at least in humans, information that can be verbally communicated?

Declarative (long-term)

73. Recalling the names of the members of a famous football team is an example of

Semantic Memory

74. A person's knowledge about the world is known as _____ memory.

Episodic

76. Best friends Kate and Diana are at the park, watching their children play together. Kate reminds Diana about the time that they had a big fight on the same playground as children and didn't talk to each other for almost a week. In the context of long-term memory,ate's recollection of this event best exemplifies the use of her _____ memory

Semantic Memory

77. Your knowledge of the alphabet and multiplication tables is most likely to be stored in your _____ memory.

Nondeclarative (implicit)

78. In which subsystem of long-term memory is your knowledge of how to drive a car and how to ride a bike stored?

procedural memory

79. Which of the following involves memory for skills?

Priming

80. _____ is the activation of information that people already have in storage to help them remember new information better and faster.

Procedural

81. Jeremiah, an eight-year-old boy, did not learn to tie his shoelaces until he was six years old. Now, he ties them expertly while talking to others and without looking at his feet. Such skills are associated with _____ memory.

Script

82. People very quickly adapt to the procedures and behaviors appropriate at a birthday party. General knowledge of what to expect and how to behave at a birthday is called a(n)

Explicit

84. The hippocampus, the temporal lobes in the cerebral cortex, and other areas of the limbic system play a very important role in _____ memory

He probably wont remember how to ride his motorcycle

85. Vince suffered serious brain injury to his cerebellum in a motorcycle accident. What effect will this have on Vince's life?

Cerebral Cortex

86. The cerebellum and _____ play an important role in implicit memory.

Recall or retrieval of memory refers to the subsequent re-accessing of events or information from the past, which have been previously encoded and stored in the brain. In common parlance, it is known as remembering.

87. Which of the following is true of brain structures and memory functions in long-term memory?