Quiz 6 Flashcards
Why did Loftus and Palmer (1974) suggest that different verbs influenced participants’ speed estimates in a car crash study?
The phrasing of the question affected how participants reconstructed their memory of the event
How did Brewer and Treyens (1981) explain why participants misremembered certain items in their memory test for an office setting？
Participants’ use of office-related schemas caused them to falsely remember typical office items that weren’t present
In Bartlett’s (1932) study, what was discovered about participants recalling a culturally unfamiliar story?
Participants often changed or distorted the stody to conform to their own schemas; Participants often “filled in the gaps” when the stody did not conform to their expectations
How are semantic memory and episodic memory represented in the brain?
They share some brain areas, but also have distinct representations
Which scenario illustrates state-dependent memory?
It is easier to remember words that were encoded under the influence of caffeine when you also use caffeine during retrieval
Kayla is learning tap dance but frequently confuses jazz techniques she learned last year with her new tap moves. What it this an example of?
Proactice interference
You complete a retrieval-induced forgetting task with three categories - fruit, tools, and office supplies. You receive retrieval practice only for items from the fruit category. What results woudl you expect?
Retrieval-induced forgetting for fruit, but not for the other categories
Andy studied organic chemistry ten years ago. Based on a typical forgetting curve, how much of the material is he likely to remember today?
He likely has some long-term knowledge that has not been forgotten
Based on ideas from the textbook reading, Trisha presents participants with a set of words from the category “birds.” Then, she gives them some words as cues, and asks them to try to retrieve the rest of the words. The paradigm that Trisha has used is ____-____ ____, and retrieval will be more difficult for the non-cues due to ____
Part-set cueing; interference
Jonathan presents participants with two sets of paired associates. One is from the category fruit, and includes items like “Fruit-orange” and “Fruit-banana.” The other is from the category tools, and includes items like “Tool-wrench” and “Tool-hammer.” Then, Jonathan has participants retrieve some items from the fruit category. What does he expect to happen?
Participant’s performance will be best for the fruit items they practiced, worst for the fruit items they didn’t practice, and equally good for all tool items.
