PSYC 345 Ch 6

The primacy effect (from the serial position curve experiment) is associated with ________ memory.

long-term

Incognito: The concept that states that the more often you see something, the more you prefer it is

mere exposure effect

K.C., who was injured in a motorcycle accident, remembers facts like the difference between a strike and a spare in bowling, but he is unaware of experiencing things like hearing about the circumstances of his brother's death, which occurred two years before the accident. His memory behavior suggests

. intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory.

Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that he only remembers the names of the people in the first group, though he also remembers the profession of the last woman he met (the accountant). Lamar's experience demonstrates

A build-up and release of proactive interference

A study participant is given a list of words to remember. One week later, he recalls the list. Let's say that one of the list words was PEAR. Which of the following, none of which actually appeared on the list, would be most likely incorrectly recalled if the participant doesn't remember PEAR?

APPLE

Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to autobiographical memories?

Autobiographical memories can involve both episodic and semantic content.

Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?

Because it is involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it.

Which task below would most likely be used to test for implicit memory?

Completing a word for which the first and last letter have been supplied

Two types of declarative memory are ____ and _____ memory.

Episodic; Semantic

________ memories are to experiences as ________ memories are to facts.

Episodic; semantic

Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for the ____ of a list.

First five and the last five words

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory?

I remember the big island of Hawaii has many active volcanoes.

Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic memory?

I remember the day we learned about how talking on cell phones can impair driving ability.

Which of the following would most likely be a detailed long-term memory?

I was talking to that girl just before class.

A patient suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome, such as "Jimmy G" who is described in your text, would be able to perform which of the following activities without difficulty?

Identifying a photograph of his childhood home

When investigating the serial position curve, presenting the word list at a slower pace

Increases the primacy effect

Which of the following is NOT a conclusion from the case of H.M., who had an operation to help alleviate his epileptic seizures?

LTMs are unaffected by damage to the hippocampus. LTMs are stored in the hippocampus

Incognito: What is the ability to remember motor acts like changing lanes?

Procedural memory

Which of the following involves procedural memory?

Reading a sentence in a book

The primacy effect is attributed to

Recall of information stored in LTM

Which of the following is most closely associated with implicit memory?

The propaganda effect

People who suffer from alcohol abuse may suffer from ________ brought on by Korsakoff's syndrome, and be unable to form new long-term memories.

amnesia

Ming is taking a memory test. She is more likely to recall the name of a popular singer if she had

attended the singer's concert last year with her boyfriend.

Explicit memory is to _____ as implicit memory is to _____.

aware; unaware Declarative; Nondeclarative

When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds

decreases the recency effect.

The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to get rid of the recency effect is to

have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list.

Work with brain-injured patients reveals that ____ memory does not depend on conscious memory.

implicit and procedural

Your text describes an "Italian woman" who, after an attack of encephalitis, had difficulty remembering people or facts she knew before. She could, however, remember her life events and daily tasks. Her memory behavior reflects

intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory.

This multiple choice question is an example of a ____ test.

recognition

Suppose you have been studying your French vocabulary words for several hours and are making many mistakes. You switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeably better. You are experiencing

release from proactive interference.

The predominant type of coding in LTM is

semantic

The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true

simply because we have been exposed to them before.

Incognito: Which sport does your author use to further illustrate the point that both the conscious and unconscious mind play a part in attaining a new skill?

tennis

One way to ensure that a person does not remember that a word was presented to them in the past (when testing priming) is to

test patients with amnesia.

Incognito: Which skill is used to illustrate the phenomenon of unconscious learning?

the ability to tell a chicken hatchling's sex

The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that ____ is crucial for the formation of LTMs.

the hippocampus

Incognito: How many card draws were required for the subjects to be able to decide which decks were good and bad in Antoine Bechara's experiment?

twenty-five

One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that

we are not conscious we are using it.