Memory 1
Knowledge in long-term memory you can’t remember.
What is retrieval failure?
Being able to identify items previously learned is called______.
What is recognition?
The technique that is more likely to produce better long-term recall of information is _______.
What is distributed practice?
The basal ganglia and ______ play an important role in the processing of implicit memories.
What is cerebellum?
_______ is the inability to form new conscious memories.
What is Anterograde amnesia?
Struggling to remember your old phone number after you’ve learned your new one.
What is retroactive interference?
An exam that has only essay and fill-in-the-blank items assess your ability to _____ information.
What is recall?
Organizing information into familiar, manageable units is _______, an effortful processing strategy.
What is chunking?
Remembering no details from childhood after traumatic brain injury.
What is retrograde amnesia?
_______ is an example of a retrieval problem where there is occasional memory failures especially of older adults
Retrieval is the process of __________.
What is getting information out of memory?
Difficulty in remembering your new phone number after having an old one.
What is proactive interference?
Which tool have memory researchers created to better understand how memory functions?
What is information-processing models?
Explicit memories are processed by the brain's _____ and ______.
What is frontal lobe and hippocampus?
Mrs.Thompson is embarrassed she can't remember her new student's name. She feels that its right there in the front of her brain or tip of her tongue. This is the result of ______.
What is retrieval failure?
Memory retention that assesses the ability to draw information out of storage and into your conscious awareness.
What is recall?
You use ______ to form conscious mental images of the location of your bed in your room.
What is working memory?
Jared has a big biology exam tomorrow. Instead of studying over several days, he decides to spend six straight hours cramming all the material the night before. Which study technique is Jared using?
What is massed practice?
After witnessing a car accident, Marcus finds that the memory of the event is unusually vivid and emotionally intense. Which brain structure is primarily responsible for processing the emotional aspects of this memory?
What is amygdala?
What term describes when newly acquired information makes it harder to remember older material?
What is retroactive interference?
In the Atkinson–Shiffrin model of memory, which type of brief memory is responsible for passing information into short-term memory?
What is sensory memory?
________ assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.
What is relearning?
Jasmine is trying to memorize a list of security questions for her online accounts. To make them easier to remember, she chooses answers that relate to her childhood experiences, such as her favorite teacher and the street she grew up on. Which memory strategy is Jasmine using?
What is self-relevant information?
Carlos has been playing the piano since he was a child. Now, as an adult, he can play complex pieces effortlessly without consciously thinking about each finger movement. Which brain structure is primarily responsible for the development of this procedural memory?
What is basal ganglia?
After losing a significant amount of money at the casino, Priya later tells her friends she only lost a small amount. Her memory seems to have downplayed the actual loss. What type of memory failure is Priya most likely experiencing?
What is motivated forgetting?