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1[blank_start]Blank[blank_end] memory is defined as when subjects are conscious that their memories are being tested and the test requires intentional retrieval
- AExplicit
2[blank_start]Retrograde[blank_end] amnesia refers to a loss of memory for events prior to the brain damage
- ARetrograde
3Memory performance is better when the individual is in the same mood as when the material was encoded. This illustrates [blank_start]mood-dependent memory.[blank_end]
- Amood-dependent memory.
4According to your textbook, enhanced memory for pleasant information is called: [blank_start]the Pollyanna Principle[blank_end]
- Athe Pollyanna Principle
5Loss of memory for events that have occurred after brain damage is: [blank_start]anterograde amnesia[blank_end]
- Aanterograde amnesia
6[blank_start]Self-reference theory[blank_end] says that you will remember more information if you try to relate that information to yourself.
- ASelf-reference theory
7[blank_start]7 +/- 2[blank_end] is the capacity of short-term memory
- A7 +/- 2
8Once we begin to develop language skills, eidetic memory [blank_start]decreases.[blank_end]
- Adecreases.
9Two forms of declarative memory
- ASemantic
- BProcedural
- CEpisodic
10[blank_start]Time[blank_end] causes decay
- ATime
11Deeper levels of processing should produce better [blank_start]recall[blank_end].
- Arecall
12Processing in terms of acoustic and visual characteristics is an example of [blank_start]shallow[blank_end] processing.
- Ashallow
13[blank_start]Meta-analysis[blank_end] technique is a statistical method for synthesizing numerous studies on a topic.
- AMeta-analysis
14[blank_start]Encoding specificity principle[blank_end] states that recall is better if the retrieval context is similar to the encoding context.
- AEncoding specificity principle
15A person is in a pleasant mood should remember pleasant material better than unpleasant material, whereas a person in an unpleasant mood should remember unpleasant material better. This is an example of [blank_start]mood congruence.[blank_end]
- Amood congruence.
16In a [blank_start]repetition priming task[blank_end], recent exposure to a word increases the likelihood that you'll think of this particular word, when you are given a cue that could evoke many different words.
- Arepetition priming task
17People with [blank_start]anterograde amnesia[blank_end] may recall almost nothing on tests of explicit memory; however, on tests of implicit memory, they can perform as accurately as people without brain damage.
- Aanterograde amnesia
18[blank_start]Consistency bias[blank_end] is when we tend to exaggerate the consistency between our past feelings and beliefs and our current viewpoint, thus potentially distorting our memory of the past.
- AConsistency bias
19The process of trying to identify the origin of memories and beliefs is called [blank_start]source monitoring.[blank_end]
- Asource monitoring.
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- Quiz on cognition, created by Jacquelin Queen on 01/03/2018.
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