Quiz b memory – Flashcards
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mood-congruent memory.
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Whenever he feels sexually jealous, David is flooded with painful recollections of the rare occasions in which he had observed his girlfriend flirting with other men. David's experience best illustrates:
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déjà vu.
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The eerie feeling of having been somewhere before is an example of:
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mood-congruent memory.
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Being in a bad mood after a hard day of work, Susan could think of nothing positive in her life. This is best explained as an example of:
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suggestibility
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When he was 8 years old, Frank was questioned by the police about a summer camp counselor suspected of molesting children. Even though he was not, in fact, molested by the counselor, today 19-year-old Frank "remembers" the counselor touching him inappropriately. Frank's false memory is an example of which "sin" of memory?
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information is on the tip of our tongue, but we can't get it out.
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According to memory researcher Daniel Schacter, blocking occurs when:
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how long ago we learned that information.
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The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve indicates that how well we remember information depends on:
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encoding failure.
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After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:
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retrieval.
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Retroactive interference involves the disruption of:
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retrieval failure.
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The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by:
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study, sleep, test
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Which of the following sequences would be best to follow if you wanted to minimize interference-induced forgetting in order to improve your recall on the psychology midterm?
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proactive interference.
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During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates:
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retroactive interference.
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After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Milton is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Milton is experiencing the effects of:
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memory construction.
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Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony. After their painful divorce, however, they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event. Their recollections best illustrate the nature of:
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reflect a person's biases and assumptions.
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Research on memory construction reveals that memories:
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people's recall may easily be affected by misleading information.
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Studies by Loftus and Palmer, in which people were quizzed about a film of an accident, indicate that:
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may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed.
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The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory:
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imagination inflation.
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Direct perception of an object and mental visualization of that object activate similar brain areas. This most clearly contributes to:
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such experiences usually are vividly remembered,memories of events happening before about age 3 are especially unreliable,such memories are unreliable and easily influenced by misinformation.
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Memory researchers are suspicious of long-repressed memories of traumatic events that are "recovered" with the aid of drugs or hypnosis because:
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retrieval failure.
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Incest survivors who lack conscious memories of their sexual abuse may sometimes be told that they are simply in a stage of "denial" and "repression." This explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes:
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retroactive interference.
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You should study before sleeping in order to minimize:
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retrieval cues
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After learning that kicking would move a crib mobile, infants showed that they recalled this learning best if they were tested in the same crib. This best illustrates the impact of ________ on recall.
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mood-congruent memory.
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Negative recall primed by distressing emotions most clearly illustrates:
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retrieval cues.
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The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls experiences with former teachers who were warm and generous. This best illustrates that emotional states can be:
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abstract thinking.
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A person who has trouble forgetting information, such as the Russian memory whiz S, often seems to have a limited capacity for:
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encoding failure.
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Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced. Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms of:
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a rapid initial decline in retention becoming stable thereafter
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Which of the following best describes the typical forgetting curve?
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asleep during the retention interval, presumably because interference was reduced.
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Jenkins and Dallenbach found that memory was better in subjects who were:
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retrieval failure.
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At your high school reunion you cannot remember the last name of your homeroom teacher. Your failure to remember is most likely the result of:
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proactive interference.
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When Carlos was promoted, he moved into a new office with a new phone extension. Every time he is asked for his phone number, Carlos first thinks of his old extension, illustrating the effects of:
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retrieval failure.
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While taking the final exam in American history, Marie was surprised and frustrated by her momentary inability to remember the name of the first president of the United States. Her difficulty most clearly illustrates:
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the misinformation effect.
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Many of the experimental participants who were asked how fast two cars in a filmed traffic accident were going when they smashed into each other subsequently recalled seeing broken glass at the scene of the accident. This experiment best illustrated:
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may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed.
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The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory:
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memory construction.
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The misinformation effect best illustrates the dynamics of:
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the misinformation effect.
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When memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus was an adolescent, her uncle incorrectly insisted that as a child she had found her own mother's drowned body. Loftus herself later falsely recollected finding the body. This best illustrates:
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retrieval cues.
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Forming many associations between new course material and what you already know is an effective way to build a network of:
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retrieval failure.
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Incest survivors who lack conscious memories of their sexual abuse may sometimes be told that they are simply in a stage of "denial" and "repression." This explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes:
