(Ch.6) Memory

Question 1

People with dementia typically have a memory problem known as ________.

Answer 1

anterograde amnesia

Question 2

The duration of iconic memory is _______ than echoic memory, but its capacity is probably ________.

Answer 2

shorter; smaller

Question 3

Explicit memory is also called:

Answer 3

Declarative

Question 4

The three process of memory is:

Answer 4

Encode, store, retrieval

Question 5

A characteristic of memory in which recall is particularly good for the first items.

Answer 5

Primacy effects

Question 6

Another name for the “working” memory is?

Answer 6

Short-term memory

Question 7

Which model of memory proposes that the deeper a person processes information, the better it will be remembered?

Answer 7

levels-of-processing model

Question 8

Under most circumstances, when you are intentionally trying to remember an item of information, _______________ is an easier task than _______________.

Answer 8

Recognition; recall

Question 9

The capacity of the long-term is

Answer 9

Unlimited

Question 10

Bits of information are combined into meaningful units so that more information can be held in short-term memory through the process of ______.

Answer 10

Chunking

Question 11

What are the two major types of rehearsal (for moving information from short-term to long-term memory)?

Answer 11

Elaborative and maintenance

Question 12

Flashbulb memories by-pass which stage of memory

Answer 12

Short-term memory

Question 13

A painful memory that is said to be kept out of consciousness by psychological processes.

Answer 13

Repressed memories

Question 14

Loss of memory for any event occurring after the injury is

Answer 14

Anterograde amnesia

Question 15

Maintenance Rehearsal is used in which stage of memory?

Answer 15

Short-term

Question 16

Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment?

Answer 16

Sensory memory

Question 17

In the _________________ model, memory is seen as a simultaneous process, with the creation and storage of
memories taking place across a series of networks “stretched” across the brain.

Answer 17

Parallel distributed processing

Question 18

Another term for procedural memory is

Answer 18

Knowledge

Question 19

Which brain structure is the primary component for memory?

Answer 19

Hippocampus

Question 20

Mental representations of categories are

Answer 20

Schemas

Question 21

In this view, memories are literally “built” from the pieces stored away at encoding. This view is called ______________.

Answer 21

Constructive processing

Question 22

The Internet, with its series of links from one site to many others, is a good analogy for the organization of ______________.

Answer 22

Long-term memory

Question 23

The tendency to remember information at the end of a body of information better than the information ahead of it.

Answer 23

Recency effect

Question 24

Methods for organizing information in order to remember them.

Answer 24

Mnemonic strategies

Question 25

Which is the stages of memory?

Answer 25

Stimulus, Sensory, Short term, Long term