Memory
Information
Brain
Processes
Random
100

¨Hypnotically refreshed¨ memories may prove inaccurate-especially if the hypnotist asks leading questions-because of 

memory construction

100

The three steps in memory information processing are

encoding, storage, and retrieval

100
Which of the following best describes the typical forgetting curve?

a rapid initial decline in retention, becoming stable thereafter

100

Repression is an example of

motivated forgetting

100

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

200

Which area of the brain is most important in the processing of implicit memories?

cerebellum

200

Visual sensory memory is referred to as 

iconic memory

200

Which of the following measures of retention is the least sensitive in triggering retrieval? 

recall

200

Studies by Loftus and Palmer, in which people were quizzed about a film of an accident, indicate that 

people´s recall may easily be affected by misleading information

200

Kandel and Schwartz found that when learning occurs, more of the neurotransmitter ______ is released into synapses

serotonin

300

Researchers found that memory was better in people who were

asleep during the retention interval, presumably because interference was reduced

300

Echoic memories fade after approximately 

3 to 4 seconds

300

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

300

The process of getting information out of memory storage is called

retrieval

300
The basal ganglia of the brain play a critical role in the formation of

implicit memory

400

Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is

rehersed

400

Memory techniques that involve vivid imaginary are called

mnemonic devices

400

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

400

The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory

may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed

400

Memory for skills is called

implicit memory

500

Memory researchers are suspicious of long-repressed memories of traumatic events that are ¨recovered¨ with the aid of hypnosis because

such experiences usually are vividly remembered

500

Research on memory construction reveals that memories 

reflect a person´s biases and assumptions

500

Long term potentiation refers to

the increased efficiency of synaptic transmission between certain neurons following learning

500

Our short-term memory span is approximately ______ items

7

500
The eerie feeling of having been somewhere before is an example of
déjá vu