Jeff can look at a butterfly and recall the stages of metamorphis. He can also visualize the powerpoint that her teacher used to recall test answers. He has a ________ memory
What is photographic memory
100
Name the 3 types of memory
What is sensory, short-term, and long-term
100
How many items can the average person keep in short-term memory at the same time?
What is 7
100
This type of memory can hold a limited amount of info for a short time
What is short term memory
100
We store related items in seperate categories called _______
What are nodes
200
The hundreds of sights, smells, and sounds we are bombarded with are part of ______ memory
What is sensory memory
200
Memory loss that can occur after damage to the brain, drug use, or stress
What is amnesia
200
How long can info remain in short term memory if you do not focus on it?
a. Up to 10 seconds
b. Up to 30 seconds
c. Up to 2 minutes
d. Up to 5 minutes
What is b (up to 30 seconds)
200
Being asked to say what color the shirt of a robber was wearing without having any choices to pick from is called
a. recall
b. remembering
c. networking
d. recognition
What is "A" (recall)
200
What is typically the earliest age one can recall a memory?
a. age 6 months
b. age 1
c. age 3 1/2
d. age 6 1/2
What is "c" (age 3 1/2)
300
Most of what you learn in school (facts, terms, & definitions) goes into ________ memory
What is Semantic
300
Which location in the brain is short term and long term memory stored?
What is the cortex
300
What memory are you most likely to remember many years later?
a. your 12th birthday
b. Watching a Packer game at Lambeau
c. Your high school graduation
d. A class you failed
What is c (hs graduation)
300
The recency effect refers to a better recall of information presented at the ________ of a task
What is "end"
300
______ results when new information enters short term memory and pushes out information already there
What is "interference"
400
Examples of this type of memory include 9/11, Princess Diana dying, your high school graduation ceremony, and a tragic car accident
What is flashbulb memory
400
Name the three memory processes
What is encoding (forming), storing, retreiving
400
A forgetting process where information we learned earlier blocks the retrieval of info that was learned later
What is Proactive Interference
400
Name two of the four problems with eyewitness testimony
What is
1. It is assumed that it is the most accurate of evidence
2. Race bias
3. It is assumed that confident witnesses are more accurate
4. Law enforcement may ask biased questions
400
Taking the telephone number 7155558976 and turning it into 715-555-8976 is a form of the ___________ method
What is "chunking"
500
Which memory function keeps us from going blind when we blink?
What is iconic memory
500
______ is the practice of intentionally repeating information so it remains longer in short term memory
What is maintenance rehearsal
500
One is a bun
Two is a shoe
Three is a tree
Above is an example of which mnemonic method?
What is Peg method
500
Which eyewitness interview method is best?
What is cognitive interviewing
500
Sara used to play tennis in high school. Ten years later, she would like to play again in an adult league. What type of memory would help him remember how to play?