Chapter 6 | Information Processing Theory: Retrieval and Forgetting Flashcards
According to the encoding specificity hypothesis, the general conclusion is that the best way to promote retrieval of target information is to __________.
use similar cues at retrieval as were used at encoding
When pressed to recall his new girlfriend’s birthday, Bill repeatedly says, “January 21.” This would be nice, if it was his new girlfriend’s birthday, and not the birthday of his former fiance. Bill is suffering from which of the following?
Proactive interference
When you are trying to access something in long-term memory, you use a
retrieval path.
Which of the following does NOT name a hypothesis concerning why we forget?
hypermnesia
According to the discussion of the “false memory controversy,”
in some cases, people misremember an event due to distortion from outside influences.
Learning Latin to improve basic intelligence would possibly be inefficient due to
specific rather than general transfer taking place.
In memorizing new material, the pattern of “dual coding” refers to
steps that lead to both a verbal memory and a visual memory.
What is the correct name for memories of visual/spatial knowledge?
visual memory
Jennifer had her stomach pumped after she ingested part of an unknown compound in chemistry class. “But at home we always taste things to find out whether they’re sugar or salt,” she said. Jennifer is a victim of
negative transfer.
Two classrooms of students are preparing for end of year assessments. Students in class A are continuously tested over content material, whereas students in class B are not. At the end of the term, students in class A outperformed students in class B. Which of the following most likely occurred?
Correct!
Testing effect
