Chapter 6

Question 1

Which is a classic mnemonic device?

Answer 1

Method of loci

Question 2

The improved retention of one piece of information that is made distinct or different from the information around it is called

Answer 2

the von Restorff effect.

Question 3

_______ rehearsal is low-level, repetitive information cycling; where as ________ rehearsal is more complex that uses the meaning of the information to help remember it.

Answer 3

maintenance; elaborative

Question 4

In this task items are learned in sets of two so that the correct response item can be reproduced when the stimulus item is presented.

Answer 4

Pair-associate learning

Question 5

Memory for general world knowledge is called

Answer 5

semantic

Question 6

This concept claims that words that denote concrete objects, as opposed to abstract words, can be encoded into memory twice, once in terms of their verbal attributes and once in terms of their image-based properties.

Answer 6

dual-coding hypothesis

Question 7

This type of memory is for personally experienced information.

Answer 7

episodic

Question 8

The loss of memory for events before brain injury is called _______ amnesia; the inability to form new memories after brain injury is called _______ amnesia.

Answer 8

retrograde; anterograde

Question 9

This effect claims that memory is better when someone’s physiology at encoding is similar to their physiology at retrieval.

Answer 9

state-dependent learning

Question 10

Patient H.M. was able to improve his performance on the mirror-tracing task over several days of practice despite an inability to form new memories and having no conscious memory of ever doing the task. This type of learning is called

Answer 10

implicit