Cog Psych 2/6

You have been studying for weeks for a nursing school entrance exam. You love the idea of becoming a nurse, and you have been enjoying learning about the material for your exam. Each night, you put on relaxing clothes and study in the quiet of your lovely home. Memory research suggests you should take your test with a _____ mind set.

Memory performance is enhanced if the type of task at encoding matches the type of task at retrieval. This is called...

Transfer-appropriate processing is likely to occur if...

According to levels of processing theory, deep processing results in better memory. However, studies have shown that shallow processing can result in better memory when the individual en-codes _____ and is tested _____.

According to memory research, studying is most effective if studying sessions are...

Katie and Inez are roommates taking the same psychology class. They have a test in four days during a 10:00 - 11:00 AM class period. Both women intend to study for three hours, but because of different work schedules, Katie will study one hour for each of the next three days, while Inez will study three hours the day before the exam. What could you predict about their performances?

Students, beware! Research shows that _____ does not improve reading comprehension because it does not encourage elaborative processing of the material.

The author of your text makes a suggestion that students should study in a variety of places. This suggestion is based on research showing that people remember material better if they learned it in a number of different locations, compared to studying the same amount of time in one location. The suggestion solves a problem raised by...

The memory mechanism Hebb proposed is associated with...

Donald Hebb proposed that memory is represented in the brain by structural changes in all of the following EXCEPT the...

Hebb's idea of long-term potentiation, which provides a physiological mechanism for the long-term storage of memories, includes the idea of...

The medial temporal lobe (MTL), involved in memory consolidation, includes all of the following structures EXCEPT the...

Your book explains that brief episodes of retrograde amnesia (e.g., the traumatic disruption of newly formed memories when a football player takes a hit to the head and can't recall the last play before the hit) reflect...

Retrograde amnesia is usually less severe for _____ memories.

Grades amnesia occurs because

From the behavior of H.M., who experienced memory problems after a brain operation, we can conclude that the hippocampus is important in...

____ transforms new memories from a fragile state, in which they can be disrupted, to a more permanent state, in which they are resistant to disruption.

The standard model of consolidation proposes that the hippocampus is...

Lourdes and Kim have been studying for two hours for their chemistry exam. Both girls are tired of studying. Lourdes decides to watch a two-hour movie on DVD, while Kim decides to go to bed. What would you predict about their performance on the chemistry exam?

Experimental evidence suggesting that the standard model of consolidation needs to be revised are data that show that the hippocampus was activated during retrieval of ____ memories.

According to the multiple trace hypothesis, the hippocampus is involved in retrieval of...

When cleaning her closet, Nadia finds her 20-year-old wedding photo album. As she flips through the pictures, she starts to cry joyful tears. Seeing the photos and rekindling the emotions of her wedding day most likely activated her...

Recent research on memory, based largely on fear conditioning in rats, indicates that...

Treatment of PTSD has benefited from recent research on...

Your text's discussion of instances when people report a memory of being abused or witness abuse after years of having no memory for these events highlights the importance of considering...