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Recent studies on the relationship between schemas and memory indicate that when people remember information that is not consistent with their schemes they |
distort the information to fit with the existing schema |
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The capacity of short-term memory is about ________ chunks of unrelated acoustically coded information |
7 |
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Most of the research leading to current knowledge as to where long-term memories are processed has come from: |
studies of humans with brain damage |
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Our "working memory" is the: |
short-term memory |
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If forgetting occurs because newly learned material interferes with memory for earlier information, it is referred to as: |
retroactive interference |
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If the memory of an experience is repressed, then we have forgotten it because: |
we did not want to remember it |
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Recall of specific facts, such as those you may have learned in your psychology class, is made possible by your ________ memory. |
declarative |
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You look up the phone number of a girl you have just met in the phone book. You dial it, but the line is busy. More then likely you will |
need to look it up again because it is gone from STM |
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Research indicates that we will recall auditory information more efficiently than visual because: |
the auditory afterimage lasts longer |
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Schemas are beneficial to use in that they: |
help us make the world seem predictable |
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A person's memory of "how to" solve a math problem was probably stored in his or her: |
semantic memory |
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The case of N. A., whose thalamus was damaged by a fencing foil, suggests that the thalamus: |
plays an important role in memory consolidation |
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Does forgetting mean that there is not a memory stored? |
No, the forgetting may be due to a failure to retrieve the information |
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Children have difficulty learning the letters in the middle of the alphabet because of the: |
serial-position effect |
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STM-recall errors of hearing-impaired people tend to be: |
to items similar in appearance |
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Freud's concept of repression parallels the ________ theory of forgetting |
motivated-forgetting |
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Extensive research over the last few decades indicates that: |
each memory does not have one location but is spread over wide neural networks in the brain |
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Visual sensory memory is called: |
iconic memory |
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Multiple-choice tests such as this one measure ________ memory tasks. |
recognition |
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In addition to the suggesting the overlearning of material, the spacing of study sessions and the use of breaks and rewards the text also suggests that ________ and ________ are two very important strategies for improving academic memory. |
time management; avoidance of interference |