Psychology - Chapter 8

Which of the following is a good example of acoustic encoding?

being able to hum the tune to a song even when you can't remember the lyrics

Which of the following is TRUE regarding short-term memory?

Its capacity is limited to 5-9 items.

How did Lashley develop the equipotentiality hypothesis?

He trained rats in the correct route through a maze, then deliberately damaged their brains and observed that this did not inhibit their progress through the maze.

Sharmila cannot remember what she had for breakfast last week, but she can remember the day she got married ten years ago as clearly as if it just happened. This example illustrates the ________ theory.

arousal

Forgetting anything good that happened on your trip to France because you just broke up with your French fiancée and now can't bear the thought of anything French is a good example of ________: Memories are distorted by your current belief system.

bias

Anterograde amnesia is the inability to _____ after an injury.

form new memories

Researchers demonstrated that the hippocampus functions in memory processing by creating lesions in the hippocampi of rats, which resulted in ________.

memory impairment on various tasks, such as object recognition and maze running

If you want to remember someone's name and use the memory technique of repeating their name over and over again, you would be using _____ to keep this person's name in _____ memory.

rehearsal; short-term memory

What is the tendency for an individual to have better memory for information that relates to oneself in comparison to material that has less personal relevance?

self-reference effect

What is the general knowledge of what you have learned so far in this course?

semantic memory