Exam 2 - Quizzes Flashcards
Which of the following statements BEST describes information processing models (theories) of memory?
These models use _________ processing
serial
K.C., who was injured in a motorcycle accident, remembers facts like the difference between a strike and a spare in bowling, but he is unaware of experiencing things like hearing about the circumstances of his brother’s death, which occurred two years before the accident. His memory behavior suggests
intact semantic memory but defective _________ memory.
episodic
In which of the following examples of two different brain-injured patients (Tom and Tim) is a double dissociation demonstrated?
Tom has good _________ memory and poor episodic memory, while Tim has good _________ memory but poor semantic memory.
- semantic
- episodic
The primacy effect (from the serial position curve experiment) is associated with ________ memory.
long-term
This multiple choice question is an example of a ____ test.
recognition
According to the levels of processing theory, memory durability depends on the depth at which information is _____. .
encoded
People often report an annoying memory failure when they walk from one end of the house to the other for something and then forget what they went to retrieve when they reach their destination. As soon as they return to the first room, they are reminded of what they wanted in the first place. This common experience best illustrates the principle of _________
encoding specificity
Which of the following learning techniques is LEAST likely to lead to deep processing of the information?
_________ has just bought a new car and is trying to learn her new license plate sequence. Every morning, for three weeks, she repeats the sequence out loud when she wakes up.
Bree
From the behavior of H.M., who experienced memory problems after a brain operation, we can conclude that the hippocampus is important in _____.
long-term memory acquisition
According to memory research, studying is MOST EFFECTIVE if study sessions are ______.
short and across several _________ .
days
The process of “slicing” the stream of speech into successive syllables or words is called _____.
speech segmentation
The word frequency effect refers to the fact that we respond more
slowly to low-frequency words than _________ words.
high-frequency
Syntax is
the rules for combining _________ into sentences.
words
The term “categorical perception” refers to the fact that we are.
better at hearing the difference between _________ from different categories than we are at distinguishing sounds from the _________ category.
- sounds
- same
An experiment on the phonemic restoration effect would most likely include
an extraneous _________
cough
