Chapter 8

Question 1

What mechanism is behind our failure to remember most of the small details of our daily lives?

Answer 1

anterograde amnesia

Question 2

The two types of processing that are thought to be behind all our memories are:

Answer 2

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Question 3

Is it a good thing or a bad thing that you’ll take your Introductory Psychology exams in the same classroom where we talk about psychological stuff?

Answer 3

It’s a good thing, because our iconic memories are reactivated

Question 4

What groups of people are most susceptible to false memories, and why?

Answer 4

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Question 5

___ is important for memory consolidation, as is shown by increased activity in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex.

Answer 5

Sleep

Question 6

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Answer 6

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Question 7

Franklin insists that he remembers seeing the Challenger shuttle explosion on TV when he was very young. Since he was just 4 years old when it happened, it’s more likely that he remembers his parents and other adults talking about it, as well as seeing video clips of it when he was older. Franklin’s insistence that the memory is his rather than obtained from others is an example of:

Answer 7

source amnesia

Question 8

The brain structure in the limbic system that is heavily involved in forming explicit memories is:

Answer 8

hippocampus

Question 9

Davinia needs to know all the human skeletal muscles for her anatomy lab final. She’s been memorizing them and testing her knowledge for a couple of weeks, and even though she’s got most of them memorized, Davinia continues to review them for 15 minutes every evening. What memory-boosting technique is Davinia using?

Answer 9

overlearning

Question 10

How does priming work in memory?

Answer 10

It can be unconscious.

c.

It activates associations important to a memory