chapter 9 memory
The three-stage processing model of memory was proposed by
Atkinson and Shiffrin
Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the:
amygdala
When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of
automatic processing
sensory memory
brief recording of info from senses
Q25:Grouping items into smaller more manageable units is
chunking
The combination of individual letters into familiar words enables you to remember more of the letters in this sentence. This best illustrates the value of
chunking
Q32:Automatic processing is most likely to occur WITHOUT
conscious awareness
implicit memory
conscious thought not needed for recollection
Q9:eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event
deja-vu
spacing effect
distributing information over time
Q22:Memories of auditory sounds
echoic memory
The extensive rehearsal necessary to encode new math concepts best illustrates
effortful processing
Q30:Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fall asleep
encoding failure
Q7:The inability to recall numbers on a phone that are not accompanied by letters is due to
encoding failure
efffortful processing
encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
memory
encoding, storing, and retrieval of info
Q18:Which of the following substances is most likely to facilitate the formation of new memories
epinephrine
LTP
explains the neural basis for memory
Q17:The hippocampus plays a critical role in ____ memory
explicit memory
explicit device
facts and experiences you consciously know
many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy. this best illustrates ____ memory
flashbulb
Q2:Many people can recall exactly what they were doing on the attacks of 9/11. This illustates
flashbulb memory
Q34:The process of encoding refers to
getting information into memory
Certain patients with amnesia are incapable of recalling activities, yet they can be conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a specific sound. They have most likely suffered damage to the
hippocampus
Q23:The ability to recite a phone number that flashed on the TV but unable to recall it later
iconic
Q15:Damage to _____ most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal info
left hippocampus
short-term memory
limited capacity of 30 seconds or so
long term memory
limitless memory of countless facts
Q20:Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity
long term memory
Q33:A flashbulb memory would typically be stored to ___ memory
long-term
which of the following is believed to be the biological basis for learning and memory
long-term potentiation
Q26:A mnemonic device is
memory aid
mnemonic devices
memory aids
Q3:Recalling information that was not mentioned or seen is an example of
misinformation effect
Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of
mnemonic device
Q24:We learned the color of the rainbow as ROYGBIV. This illustrates
mnemonics
Q8:Negative associations primed by distressing emotions most clearly illustrate
mood congruent memory
Q19:Long-term potentiation is a(n)
neural basis for memory
chunking
organizing items into manageable units
Q10:Watching a show about spousal mistreatment, Tara recalls mistreatment by her ex-husband.
priming
Q5:After learning your new locker combination but later unable to remember 7th grade locker com
proactive interference
Q12:Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?
recall
Q14:When an eyewitness is asked to describe an accident, which test of memory is being utilized
recall
serial position effect
recalling the first and last items in a list
A measure of your memory in which you need to pick the correctly learned answer from a displayed list of options is known as a measure of
recognition
Q13:Which memory test shows Mrs. Wayne is able to identify her classmates by looking at yearbook
recognition
Q31:Studying for a spelling test, Billy writes the words 10x each. He is
rehearsing
rehearsal
repeating or repetition items to memory
Mrs. McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so. Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates
repression
Q4:A type of motivated forgetting in which painful memories are blocked from consciousness
repression
Q11:Words, events, places, and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called
retieval cues
Q35:The process of getting information out of memory
retrieval
Q6:Older people are have more trouble recalling previously learned info means that have difficulty
retrieving information
Q16:Damage to the______ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of visual designs
right hippocampus
At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she remembers only the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experience illustrates
serial position effect
Q28:The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list than the middle items
serial position effect
When you have to make a long-distance call, dialing an unfamiliar area code plus a seven-digit number, you are likely to have trouble retaining the just-looked-up number. This best illustrates the limited capacity of ________ memory.
short term
Q21:The magical number 7, "+ or - 2" refers in the storage capacity of _____ memory
short-term
Q1:As a child Amy dreamed she almost drowned. Years later she recalled this happened to her
source amnesia
Recalling something that you had once merely imagined happening as something you had directly experienced best illustrates
source amnesia
Q29:Jamie does better on test if she studies 20 minutes everyday the week prior to tests
spacing effect
Students who restudy course material in order to pass a comprehensive examination are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates:
spacing effect
automatic processing
unconsciously encoding info
Q27:We are more likely to remember words laptop & phone rather than honor and value due to
visual memory
flashbulb memory
vivid memory for an emotionally charged event
