Which of the following is a way police have changed their interrogation techniques to lower the risk of false memory syndrome? Police have ________.
modified the way witnesses are questioned
Remembering ________ is a good example of episodic memory
your first day of school
People may not intend to distort facts, but ________.
it can happen in the process of retrieving old memories and combining them with new memories
Forgetting anything good that happened on your trip to France because you just broke up with your French fianc�e and now can't bear the thought of anything French is a good example of ________: Memories are distorted by your current belief system.
bias
According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, ________.
memories are processed the same way that a computer processes information
When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system that helps you choose the correct answer.
recognition
The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as ________.
retrieval
Pan finds it difficult to learn the alphabet, until he hears the alphabet song. Then he can easily remember it. This is an example of ________ encoding.
acoustic
Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse sna
suggestibility
I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.
explicit memory
What are the two components of declarative memory?
semantic and episodic
Remembering ________ is a good example of procedural memory.
how to use the phone
If I am looking at a snake and processing the fear caused by the snake, what part of my brain am I using?
amygdala
Which of the following is an example of a mnemonic device?
using the acronym "HOMES" to remember the names of the five Great Lakes
In order for a memory to go into storage (i.e., long-term memory), it has to pass through three distinct stages: sensory memory, short-term memory, and ________ memory.
long-term
In order to remember his lines for the play, Guy repeats his lines over and over again. This process is called ________.
rehearsal
What kind of memory involves storage of brief events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes?
sensory
Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ________ amnesia.
retrograde
Elena finds it very difficult to remember a long string of numbers, so she tries to memorize three numbers at a time. Later, she is able to repeat the numbers correctly because she grouped the numbers into more manageable groups of three. This is an examp
chunking
For many in the baby-boom generation, the Kennedy assassination represents a ________, an exceptionally clear recollection of an important event.
flashbulb memory