Question 1

Redintegration is the reason that one small stimulus, such as hearing an old song, can cause you to have vivid and detailed memories of your senior prom.

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Redintegration is the process by which a small stimulus can trigger a memory that includes vivid details and emotions associated with the original experience. This phenomenon is why hearing an old song can trigger memories of a specific event, like senior prom.

Question 2

Units of information in long-term memory are organized in a complex system of associations, according to the __________ model of memory.

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Question 3

Working memory, which is used for thinking and problem-solving, involves the combination of various mental processes with the stage of memory known as __________ memory.

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Question 4

When Gina looks at an old photograph of her high school graduating class, a flood of memories comes rushing back with Gina finding herself going from one memory to the next. According to memory research, this process Gina is experiencing is referred to as __________.

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Question 5

To keep a phone number active in his mind while looking at his cell phone and dialing it, Greg repeats the number to himself, which illustrates the proces of __________ rehearsal.

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Question 6

Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer showed people a filmed automobile accident. Afterward, some participants were asked to estimate how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" into one another. For others the words "bumped," "contacted," or "hit" replaced "smashed." One week later, each person was asked, "Did you see any broken glass?" Those asked earlier about the cars that "smashed" into one another were more likely to say yes, even though no broken glass was shown in the film. The new information ("smashed") was incorporated into the original memories, elaborating them and producing a(n) __________ memory.

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Question 7

Iconic and echoic memories are part of the stage of memory known as __________ memory.

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Question 8

Brett was an eye witness to a crime, but he misidentifies the suspect in court because he saw the suspect's picture in the newspaper and not at the crime scene. This type of error occurs due to elaborative processing causing the origins of a memory to be misremembered, a situation referred to as __________ confusion.

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Question 9

The tip-of-the-tongue state involves
A) memories that a person does not know exists and are retrieved unconsciously.
B) memories that are reconstructed or expanded by starting with one memory and then following chains of associations to other related memories.
C) a feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable.
D) the failure to store sufficient information to form a useful memory.

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The tip-of-the-tongue state is characterized by the sensation that one knows or remembers something, but is temporarily unable to recall it fully. This phenomenon indicates that the memory is available but not immediately accessible.

Question 10

Describe the two main types of long-term memories and the two subdivisions of one memory type. Then, identify which type of memory each of the following experiences would produce: (a) playing a guitar, (b) knowing the names of ten famous guitarists, and (c) the time you toured the Gibson Guitar Plant in Memphis.

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Question 11

Explain the space and time capacities of short-term memory, the effects of chunking and maintenance rehearsal on these capacities, and the best method for moving information from short-term into long-term memory.

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Question 12

Using a computer as an analogy, describe the three processes involved in one's active memory system; explain how information in each of the three stages of memory is encoded and how this information moves from one stage to the next.

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Question 13

Explain why hypnosis is rarely used in police work to improve the memory of eyewitnesses, and describe an alternative method that is more effective in improving the memory of eyewitnesses.

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Question 14

On a test that measures her attention and short-term memory, Tanya is asked to correctly repeat seven digits. This test is called the ___________ test.

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Question 15

Regarding the availability of memories, which of the following statement is FALSE?
A) Whether you have "remembered" something depends on how you were tested.
B) The feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable is known as the déjà vu state.
C) Having partial memories is common.
D) The fact that people can often tell beforehand if they are likely to remember something is an example of partial memory known as the feeling of knowing.

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The statement about déjà vu being described as the feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable is false. Déjà vu refers to the sensation that one has lived through the present situation before, not to a state of partial memory retrieval or the feeling that a memory is on the verge of being recalled.

Question 16

Information is initially converted into a form that can be retained, with this conversion part of the memory process being known as ___________.

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Question 17

Memories which can be located and retrieved refers to the memories
A) having recognition value.
B) being accessible.
C) being implicit.
D) being state-dependent.

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Memories which can be located and retrieved are memories that are accessible, meaning they can be retrieved from memory storage when necessary. Recognition value refers to the ability to recognize something as familiar, but it does not necessarily mean the memory can be retrieved. Implicit memories are memories that are not consciously aware of, so they may not be able to be located and retrieved. State-dependent memories are memories that are better retrieved in the same emotional, physiological, or psychological state as when it was encoded, which is a different concept than simply being accessible.

Question 18

Remembering what you had for lunch yesterday and the family reunion last weekend are examples of a type of declarative memory known as __________ memory.

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Question 19

Procedural memories are more easily forgotten than are episodic memories.

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Procedural memories, which involve learned skills and habits, tend to be more resistant to forgetting than episodic memories, which are memories of specific events or experiences.

Question 20

Regarding the three stages of memory, the memories that are stored on the basis of meaningfulness and importance are called __________ memories.

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Quiz 7: Memory