Question 1

Describe the three storage systems in the traditional model of memory, and explain how the purpose, duration, and capacity of each system differ. Illustrate your answer with an example of how each system contributed to a specific memory from your recent past.

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Question 2

Summarize how you can use the following concepts to improve your study habits and exam scores: elaborative rehearsal and retrieval cues.

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Question 3

Summarize the research and its implications or consequences for eyewitness testimony and repressed memories.

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Question 4

Describe the encoding, storage, and retrieval approach to memory, using a computer analogy.

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Question 5

Describe how you use encoding, storage, and retrieval in the process of long-term memory; illustrate your answer with examples.

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Question 6

Briefly describe memory impairments for each of the following patients, including a possible explanation for why each is having their memory problem and the duration of the impairment: Janice has retrograde amnesia; Chou has anterograde amnesia; and Teresita has Alzheimer's disease.

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Question 7

Which of the following is true?

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This phenomenon is known as the spacing effect, and it suggests that learning is more effective when studying is spread out over time, rather than cramming all at once. Research has consistently found that participants who spaced their study sessions out performed better on recall tests than those who did not. Therefore, option A is correct.

Question 8

Describe the role of each of the following brain structures in memory and list the type of memories that would be disrupted in the case of trauma to each structure: amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, cerebral cortex.

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Question 9

Describe the retrieval process, focusing on retrieval cues, recognition, recall, and priming, illustrating each with a personal example.

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Question 10

Describe the types of long-term memory storage, illustrating each with a personal example.

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Question 11

You need to buy ten grocery items: meat, poultry, raisins, soda, tomatoes, oranges, milk, cookies, apples, and tea. Illustrate how you would use each of the following mnemonic devices to remember this list: method of loci, outline organization and acronyms. .

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Question 12

Loftus & Palmer (1974) showed a video to their participants and included misinformation following the video. Which of the following would you expect?

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Loftus & Palmer's study demonstrated the phenomenon of misinformation effect, where exposure to misleading information after an event can alter one's memory of that event. Thus, it can be expected that participants integrated the misinformation into their recall of the video. Option B is not correct because research shows that memory is susceptible to various biases, errors, and distortion. Option C and D are not supported by the study's findings.

Question 13

Describe each of the following five theories of forgetting, and include examples to illustrate each: decay theory, interference theory, motivated forgetting, encoding failure, and retrieval failure theory.

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Quiz 7: Memory