People/Researchers
Researchers have found that memory was better in people who were...
asleep during the retention bc there is no interference
The three steps in memory information processing are:
encoding, storage, retrieval.
Memory techniques that involve vivid imagery are called
mnemonic devices
The eerie feeling of having been somewhere before is an example of:
déjà vu.
The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory:
may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed.
What did Hermann Ebbinghaus's retention curve show?
As rehearsal increases, relearning decreases.
Visual sensory memory is referred to as:
iconic memory
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as:
chunking
Which area of the brain is most important in the processing of implicit memories?
cerebellum
Which of the following was not recommended as a strategy for improving memory?
speed reading
Experimenters gave people a list of words to be recalled. When the participants were tested after a delay, the items that were best recalled were those...
at the beginning of the list.
Echoic memories fade after approximately:
3 to 5 seconds.
What is the difference between iconic and echoic memory?
Iconic memory is sensory memory from visual input. Echoic memory is sensory memory from auditory input.
Which of the following measures of retention is the least sensitive in triggering retrieval?
recall
According to the serial position effect, when recalling a list of words you should have the greatest difficulty with those:
in the middle of the list.
What was George Millers proposal?
We can store about seven pieces of information (give or take two) in short-term memory.
What are the three retention measures?
recall, recognition, relearning
In Sperling's memory experiment, research participants were shown three rows of three letters, followed immediately by a low-, medium-, or high tone. The participants were able to report:
any one of the three rows of letters.
Long-term potentiation refers to:
the increased efficiency of synaptic transmission between certain neurons following learning.
Which of the following best describes the typical forgetting curve?
a rapid initial decline in retention becoming stable thereafter
Memory researchers are suspicious of long-repressed memories of traumatic events that are "recovered" with the aid of hypnosis because...
of all of these reasons.
Define the 2 types of declarative memories...
Semantic: explicit memory of facts and general knowledge
Episodic: explicit memory of personally experienced events
Memory for skills is called:
implicit memory.
Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is:
rehearsed.
Hypnotically "refreshed" memories may prove inaccurate—especially if the hypnotist asks leading
memory construction.