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Which memory aid requires that we take the initial letter of each word and form a nonsense word? |
An acronym |
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A number of studies by Elizabeth Loftus have yielded valuable information concerning: |
the accuracy of eyewitness memory |
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There are as many kinds of sensory memories as there are: |
sense modalities |
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The memory structure first encountered by the information coming from the senses is called the: |
sensory memory |
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Your text claims that the STM allows us to live our experiences but the LTM allows us to________ the constant flow of information. |
understand |
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The process of translating information into neural data that can be stored in the brain is called: |
encoding |
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A man cannot recall events that occurred two minutes prior to an automobile accident in which he was involved. What type of forgetting is involved? |
Retrograde amnesia |
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Why does the text advocate the spacing of study sessions? |
The research evidence suggests that massed practice leads to poorer retrieval. |
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The amount of information registered in sensory memory is: |
the entire visual or auditory or olfactory panorama |
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Facts stored in ________ memory are often established more quickly, but they are more susceptible to forgetting. |
declarative |
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A very primitive type of memory storage, in which no organization or categorization of information takes places, occurs in the: |
sensory memory |
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The short-term memory is called our working memory because: |
it functions to store as well as retrieve information |
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The short-term memory can hold about ________ chunks of information at any one time.: |
7 ± 2 |
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Methods of encoding which help us organize material for more efficient storage and retrieval in LTM are known as: |
mnemonic devices |
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Planted or false memories: |
are easily passed from person to person |
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Chunking benefits the memory process by: |
all of the above |
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________ memories are associated with feeling of knowing and familiarity and not available to consciousness. |
implicit |
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Recent studies indicate that the thalamus may play a primary role in: |
consolidation |
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Research on eyewitness testimony indicates that what people recall of an accident or crime scene |
can be influenced by the kind of questions they are asked |
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An image stored in iconic memory generally fades from usefulness in approximately: |
.03 second |