psy learning curve ch8.b

Larry has just graduated from college and is going on his first job interview. He has learned that there are 10 other applicants for the job. Because of information on the serial position effect that he learned in his psychology class, Larry asks to be either the first or the last candidate interviewed. Why?

The serial position effect predicts that either the first or the last job applicant interviewed will be remembered better than the applicants interviewed in the middle of the group.

The hippocampus is a structure located in the brain's _____ lobe in its _____.

temporal; limbic system

Some patients suffering from amnesia are incapable of recalling events. Yet they can be conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a specific sound. They have MOST likely suffered damage to the brain's _____.

hippocampus

Carlos's memory for the approximate population of California is to his memory for how to tie a necktie as the brain's _____ are to its _____.

hippocampus and frontal lobes - basal ganglia and cerebellum

The textbook uses the term "memoryless memory" to refer to priming because priming is a type of _____ memory.

implicit

Carmen is trying to remember the name of a woman sitting next to her on the bus. She knows she met her at a party, and she is trying to remember which one. Carmen is able to imagine where the woman was seated at the party as well as what she was eating. Carmen is using _____ cues to remember the woman's name. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

retrieval

The happier Judie feels, the more readily she recalls experiences with former teachers who were warm and generous. This BEST illustrates that emotional states can be _____ cues.

retrieval

Chad is puzzling over a difficult question on a multiple-choice sociology test; however, as he rereads the response options, he remembers the correct answer. Chad has made use of:

retrieval cues

_____ memory refers to our memory for past events.

retrospective

At a block party, Marci meets nine new neighbors. Moments later, she can remember the names of only the first three and last two neighbors she met. Her experience illustrates the _____ effect.

serial position

Danilo has a vivid memory for the moment he learned of the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Danilo has a(n) _____ memory for this tragedy.

flashbulb