Cognition: Memory & Thinking

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The part of the brain most involved with memories of strong emotional moments in one's life is the _______.

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amygdala

Front

Tina swears she never heard anything about a volunteer opportunity, but all of the other members of the volunteering club agreed it had been discussed the day before during a meeting where Tina was present. Tina's failure to remember the opportunity was a failure of what part of memory?

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encoding

Front

👂 and 👀 are emojis that might be used to represent what stage of memory?

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sensory memory

Front

Long-term potentiation refers to _______.

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the increased efficiency of transmission between certain neurons following learning.

Front

Think about when a TV or radio commercial gets stuck in your head: you haven’t spent any effort to learn the commercial, but simply hearing it in the background as you go about your day leads to the formation of _____ memory.

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an implicit memory

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Sven has lived his whole life in Norway. When he hears familiar words in Norwegian, it is virtually impossible for him not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of _______ .

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automatic processing

Front

When you listen to someone telling you their phone number while you're walking to pick up your smartphone (to enter their contact info), you are likely to have trouble remembering all ten digits correctly. This best illustrates the limited capacity of ________ memory.

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short-term

Front

During her final exam in American history, Risa – who LOVES American history - really irritated herself because for a minute she forgot the name of the fourth US president. Her difficulty most clearly illustrates ______.

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retrieval failure

Front

Which of these is an example of an explicit memory?
Options:
remembering the steps for a new dance move,
learning to be afraid of the orthodontist because of the pain,
understanding the causes of World War I,
remembering how to tie your shoelaces in a double-knot

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understanding the causes of World War I

Front

The main point of this reading about memory is that ______

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memory is distributed across many regions in the human brain