7. Memory

In the information processing model, what is the primary purpose of encoding?

Which of the following is a feature of the storage stage of memory?

The _____ assumes that how long a memory will be remembered depends on the stage of memory in which it is stored.

On the first day of school, all of the students in Ms. Randall's class shared with her their names. Ms. Randall's students were engaging in the process of

According to Craik and Lockhart, information that is _____ will be remembered more effectively and for a longer period of time.

In an original study that explored how information is stored in long-term memory, Collins and Quillian (1969) asked participants to respond "true" or "false" as quickly as possible to sentences such as "a canary is a bird" and "a canary is an animal." The results of this study suggest that

The _____ is derived from work in the development of artificial intelligence.

In the three memory systems model, the second stage is

Amanda was reading through her course text, but found she could not remember anything that she read. She realized that although she was seeing the words, she was not processing the information. The information-processing memory system being used by Amanda was _____ memory.

In the information-processing model, the first process in the memory system is _____ memory.

Psychologists consider memory to be

Sensory information is converted into a form usable in the brain's storage systems by a set of mental operations called

The _____ can be used to explain how rapidly the points on the semantic network can be accessed.

The information-processing model of memory suggests that

The idea that memory formation is a simultaneous process is reflected in the _____ model.

To help students learn new psychology terms, Professor Williams encourages them to think deeply about the meaning of the words, to provide examples of each term, and to use each one in a sentence. Professor Williams is using which model of memory?

Eduardo is watching people walk down the street, when all of a sudden, he thinks, "Was that man wearing a bright purple suit?" As a result of this thought, he looks back at the man to see if it is true. Which type of memory is responsible for Eduardo's behavior?

Visual sensory memory is known as _____ memory.

Gabriella has the ability to look quickly at a page in a book, then focus on a blank piece of paper and "read" the words from the image of the page that still linger in his sensory memory. Gabriella's ability is an example of

Kestrel always asks for a window whenever he flies, because he loves looking at the clouds and their shapes as the plane flies above them. The type of sensory memory used when viewing the clouds is _____ memory.

In real life, information that has just entered iconic memory will be pushed out very quickly by new information. Research suggests that after _____, old information is replaced by new information.