Psychology 1
This memory stage stores an almost limitless amount of information for a nearly permanent time.
What is LTM?
What is a clue or prompt that helps stimulate recall of a stored piece of information from long-term memory?
What is retrieval cue?
According to the serial position effect, to increase the chance that you will be remembered by your host when introduced at a crowded party, you should try to be introduced _____.
What is either first or last?
One factor that may lead to long-term potentiation is an increase in _____.
What is the release of hormones?
Which of the following is an example of retrograde amnesia?
a) You can’t remember your old locker combination at the gym, because you got a new lock with a new combination.
b) You continually forget your new password at work and type in your old password.
c) You call your new girlfriend by your old girlfriends name.
d) You can’t remember your cousin’s name.
What is A?
_____ devices improve memory by encoding items in a special way.
What is Mnemonic?
A retrieval failure that involves a sensation of knowing something, but being temporarily unable to retrieve it, is called _____.
What is the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?
Forgetting the actual origin of a memory is called _____.
What is source amnesia?
Loss of memory for events before an injury is called _____ amnesia.
What is retrograde?
In 8th grade, David kissed a girl who had terrible onion breath. For years afterwards, he associated anything related to bad breath with the girl he kissed in 8th grade. This is called.
What is generalization?
A deterioration of ___________ on an axon can cause Multiple Sclerosis.
What is myelin sheath?
This neurotransmitter is suspected of playing a role in Alzheimer's disease.
What is acetylcholine?
What part of the brain is likely to not be working correctly if a person is blind, but has eyes that are not damaged in anyway?
What is the occipital lobe?
Too much of this neurotransmitter may be related to schizophrenia, whereas too little of this neurotransmitter may be related to Parkinson's disease.
What is dopamine?