Psych Test 3 Chapter 8

Remembering ________ is a good example of episodic memory.

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is correct?

Which concept describes the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories?

A public opinion poll was administered to 50 people before the election of President Barack Obama. Polls taken before election night showed 50% of the people polled believed Barack Obama would be elected president. After the election results, the same people were asked if they believed Barack Obama would be elected president, and this time 75% of the people said yes. This may be an example of ________ bias.

Quincy is struck on the back of the head and finds, while she can remember her life up to the time she was struck on the head, she can no longer make new memories. Quincy has ________ amnesia.

What is episodic memory?

Which theory/hypothesis suggests that strong emotions trigger the formation of strong memories, and weak emotional experiences form weak memories?

Remembering ________ is a good example of procedural memory.

How is an explicit memory different from an implicit memory?

If I am looking at a snake and processing the fear caused by the snake, what part of my brain am I using?

Lisa puts five quarters into the parking meter every time she goes downtown. However, when asked, Lisa cannot say if the head on a quarter is facing left or right. This may be an example of ________, because Lisa never paid attention to the picture in the first place.

Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ________ amnesia.

Storing memories involves three distinct stages: sensory memory, short-term memory, and ________ memory.

Elena finds it very difficult to remember a long string of numbers, so she tries to memorize three numbers at a time. Later, she is able to repeat the numbers correctly because she grouped the numbers into more manageable groups of three. This is an example of ________.

What is procedural memory?

What is semantic memory?

What are the two components of declarative memory?

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.

Elaborative rehearsal involves ________.

For many in the baby-boom generation, the Kennedy assassination represents a ________, an exceptionally clear recollection of an important event.

Remembering ________ is a good example of semantic memory.

When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system that helps you choose the correct answer.

What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?

Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. This is an example of ________: the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

When experiencing ________ amnesia, you experience loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the trauma. When experiencing ________ amnesia, you cannot remember new information.

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as ________.

Which part of the brain is most involved in creating procedural memories?