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what was Herman Ebbinghus's contribution to the study of memory

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He was the first to do experiments to measure memory

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when Ebbinghus pioneered the experimental study of memory, what did he memorize?

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nonsense syllables

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in Ebbinghus's studies of memorization of nonsense syllables, who did the memorizing

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Ebbinghus himself

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Professor Yawnmore asks you to write by memory a list of all the recipients of the Nobel prize. what kind of memory test is this?

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free recall

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an essay exam is best described as what type of memory?

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free recall

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you history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the US presidents and VP's and asks you to fill in the names. what kind of memory test is this

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cured recall

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what kind of memory test are you taking right now?

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recognition

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one unusual feature of implicit memory is that

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people can display implicit memory without realizing that they are using memory

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what is unusual about implicit test of memory, as compared to recall and recognition?

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implicit test measure the person's depth of processing

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once you learn to ride a bicycle, you never forget, pertain to _____ memory

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procedural

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you try to sketch a picture of you psychology lecture hall. while you never tried to remember the types of chairs or color of the carpet, your drawing is mostly correct. your drawing is an example of ____

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implicit

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a lineup measure memory in what way?

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recognition

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in what way is identifying a suspect from a lineup similar to taking a multiple choice test?

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both are a form of a recognition memory rest.

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when a witness picks a suspect from a line up, what do many psychologists recommend?

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ask for a yes/no decision on each suspect, one at a time.

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suppose we suspect someone has abused a child. what is a good advice for someone interviewing the child

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use open- ended questions such as "what happened"

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according to the information - processing model of memory, human memory is most analogous to

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a computer

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someone asks you what time it is. you answer them. a few second after you been distracted, someone asks again but you forgotten. what type of memory is this?

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shot- term

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memory of a specific experience such as a graduating from high school is know as

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episodic memory

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your memory of the rules of basketball or gold is a type of ____ memory

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semantic memory

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remembering the event when you move into you current home is what type of memory?

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episodic

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when you remember how a clock works, what type of memory is that?

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semantic

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research in the 1950's suggested that the capacity of short terms memory is

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about seven items

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if you remember the numbers "1441653" as "144-1653" you are improving you ability to store the information by means of

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chucking

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executive functioning (one aspect of working memory) is responsible for what?

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a shifting attention from one task to another

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what is true of "flashbulb: memories of highly emotional events?

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they are extremely detailed but now always accurate

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the tendency to remember the first items on a list is the _____ effect. The tendency to remember the last items is the ___ effect

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primacy... recency

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if you have a short time to memorize a long list of words, which study method works best?

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for each item. think about how to use it in a life or death situation.

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according to the depth- of- processing principle, why are some memories easier to recall?

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we thought about them more during the storage process.

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when you are trying to remember a list of words, the more you think about this meaning , the easier they will be to remember later. this is known as the

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depth- of- processing principle.

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the depth- of processing principle helps to explain

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where certain memories are stored in the brain

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according to the encoding specificity principle, retrieval cues are the best at stimulating a memory if those cues

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use the same auditory frequency as the theta waves in the brain

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the tendency to remember something better if your body is in the same condition during recall as it was during original learning is known as

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state- dependent memory

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when you ready the word "pop" on a list, you think of it as breaking a balloon. Later when someone asks what the word on the list refers to a kind of drink, you don't think or "pop" why not?

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encoding specificity principle

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if it is important to remember certain details from a party last night, what would help?

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a return to the same location at the same tome of day with the same people presetnt

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according to the principle of encoding specificity, to do well on a test you should

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study at the same time and places as you will be tested.

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what is good advice if you want to remember something long-term?

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break up you study into many session at different times and places.

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you plan to spend 12 hours studying for a test. what strategy is most effective?

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study one hour each day for 12 days

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you study something until you are confident that you will remember it. then what?

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even if you repeat it now, you underestimate how much you will forget.

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if you study under varied conditions at varied times of day, with small amounts of study at each time, spread out over long intervals, what is the result?

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rapid learning and good long term retention

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memorizing a list of locations and using them to remember a list of names is an example of

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a mnemonic device

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john needed to remember the last 10 president of the US. He generated an image of each of the president located somewhere in his house. John used

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the method of loci

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what does it mean to say that memory is a "reconstruction"

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when you remember, you will in the gaps with reasonable guesses.

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Hermann ebbinghaus forgot a new list that he learned faster than most college student who participated in later experiments. Who did Ebbingaus forgot to rapidly?

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proactive interference

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first you memorized the street map of Detroit. If you now memorize the street map of Philadelphia, you might forget the Detroit map because of

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retoroactive interference

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Both proactive interference and retoactive interference

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increases forgetting

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in which case are people LEAST likely to remember a traumatic experience?

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if their family provided support and encouragement

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