psychology chapter 6
episodic memories
____ are memories of events that happen to a person or that take place in the person's presence
priming
____ is the activation of specific associations in memory, often as a result of repetition and without making a conscious effort to recall memory
sensory memory
____ is the type or stage of memory that is first encountered by a stimulus
semantic memory
a person's ability to recall a historic event, like the american civil war of 1861-65, would be an example of ____
semantic memory
general knowledge is referred to as ____
hippocampus
if the ____ is damaged, a person can form visual memories but not verbal memories
displace
in memory theory, the term ____ means to cause information to be lost from short-term memory by adding new information
infants do not make reliable use of language to symbolize or classify events
in the context of memory and forgetting, one of the cognitive explanations for infantile amnesia states that:
sensory cortex
in the context of neural activity and memory, the brain stores parts of memories in the appropriate areas of the ____
implicit memory
katie is a very skilled in-line skater and a tap dance. her skills are a part of her ____
engram
the ____ is an assumed electrical circuit that corresponds to a memory trace
serial-position effect
the ____ is the tendency to recall more accurately the first and last items in a series
hippocampus
the ____ is vital in storing new information even if one can retrieve old information without it
long-term potentiation
the enhanced efficiency in a synapse after brief-rapid stimulation is called ____
it involves extending the semantic meaning of the letters that need to be remembered
which of the following is true about elaboration rehearsal?
it is the memory of things that are clearly stated or explained
which of the following is true about explicit memory?
we tend to organize information according to a hierarchical structure
which of the following is true about the storage of information in long term memory?
it is analogous to a biochemical "hard drive"
which of the following statements is true about long term memory?
the appearance of new information in short-term memory displaces the old information
which of the following statements is true of interface in short-term memory
state-dependent memory
while watching a comedy show, amanda remembered many funny incidents from her own college life. this is an example of ____
