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Memory is formally defined as: |
the mental processes that enable us to acquire, retain, and retrieve information. |
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The inability to recall information that was previously available to memory is called: |
forgetting. |
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Which is the best explanation for encoding failure? |
The information enters one’s short-term memory, but it is never encoded into long-term memory. |
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According to _____ theory, we forget memories because we don’t use them and they simply fade away over time as a matter of normal brain processes. |
decay |
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_____ is due to conscious, deliberate forgetting as _____ is due to unconscious forgetting. |
Suppression; repression |
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Visual sensory memory is to auditory sensory memory as _____ is to _____. |
iconic memory; echoic memory |
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We transform information into a form that can be entered and retained by the memory system. This process is known as: |
encoding. |
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The _____ is involved in encoding and storing memory for the sequence of events, but not for the events themselves. |
prefrontal cortex |
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The _____ is involved in encoding and transferring new explicit memories to long-term memory. |
hippocampus |
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During the EARLIEST stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common symptoms are: |
forgetting names of familiar people and the locations of familiar places. |
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During the LAST stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common symptoms are: |
the inability to recognize loved ones, loss of the sense of self and identity, and the inability to communicate in any meaningful way. |
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One strategy to increase the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory is to group related items together into a single unit. This strategy is called: |
chunking. |
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_____ is the process of retaining information in memory so that it can be used at a later time |
Storage |
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Short-term memory is often referred to as _____ memory. |
working |
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The _____ is especially prominent when you have to engage in a serial recall task, such as remembering a list of items in their original order. |
primacy effect |
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This is a relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of a person’s memory system. |
Long -Term memory |
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Dr. Napleton prefers to give his students all essay and fill-in-the-blank questions to fully test their: |
recall |
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_____ aids can be used to help remember things such as speeches or lists of items. These aids often incorporate the use of vivid imagery and organizational devices. |
Mnemonic |
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Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the: |
amygdala. |
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The _____ is the neural center involved in processing explicit memories for storage. |
hippocampus |
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The retention of encoded information over time is called: |
storage |
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Research on memory construction reveals that memories: |
eflect a person’s biases and assumptions. |
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Mabel has Alzheimer’s disease and her _____ memories for people and events are lost, but she is able to display an ability to form new _____ memories by being repeatedly shown words. |
explicit; implicit |
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