psycology unit 4 quiz 2
What is a similarity between incidental and intentional learning?
Both bring knowledge into your brain.
Retrieving information is the same as intentional learning.
False
_____ is the biggest reason you forget information.
Interference
Jason fought in the war in Iraq and witnessed some horrific sights. When he got home from the war, Jason didn't seem to remember these shocking events anymore. What happened?
Jason probably has repressed the memories.
How do semantic and episodic memories differ?
One remembers general ideas, and the other remembers specific events.
Select all the things the prefrontal cortex helps you to do.
work toward a goal control urges understand future consequences delay gratification
Psychologists have the most concern about recovered memories when they involve _____.
sexual abuse
Wang stares into the sky and notices the clouds are fluffy white. What is this an example of?
surface processing
H.M.'s operation on the hippocampus showed that _____.
All options are correct.
What can you learn from the scuba divers who remembered certain words better either above or below water?
People remember information best when they're in the original place where they learned it.
How is the rule of seven useful?
all of the above
Overlearning is _____.
all of the above
Strokes and Alzheimer's disease are serious conditions because _____.
both conditions often result in severe memory loss
Patricia bikes to school, but along the way she wonders when she "just knew" how to ride a bike. What type of learning is this?
incidental
What can you expect your short-term memory to do? Select all that apply.
remember the current score of a tennis game remember only the first and end of long lists chunk information
After recovering from a motorcycle accident, Manuel finds he has difficulty remembering events prior to the accident. What type of memory loss is Manuel experiencing?
retrograde amnesia and long-term memory
What is the purpose of encoding?
to acquire information into the brain
