Cog. Psych Ch. 6
The primacy effect is attributed to
recall of information stored in long-term memory
___________ memories are to experiences as ___________ memories are to facts.
Episodic; semantic
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 of the following is NOT an example of an implicit memory?
Semantic memory
From a cognitive psychology perspective, memories from specific experiences in our life are defined as being ________.
autobiographical
Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for ___________ of a list.
both the first and last words
Work with brain-injured patients reveals that ___________ memory does not depend on conscious memory.
implicit and procedural
One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that
people are not conscious they are using it
Lucille is teaching Kendra how to play racquetball. She explains how to hold the racquet, how to stand, and how to make effective shots. These learned skills that Lucille has acquired are an example of ___________ memory.
procedural
The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true
simply because we have been exposed to them before
