Py-11/6: Do Now

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Which is the easiest of the three basic memory tasks? Options: recall, recognition, relearning, chunking

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recognition

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Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material

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recall

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After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:

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encoding failure

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If information that has been stored in memory is not used for an extended period of time, what will most likely happen to that memory?

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Storage Decay

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What is "tip of the tongue" phenomena?

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Retrieval failure

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What type of memory problem might account for not recalling the names of the Seven Dwarfs in the Snow White fairy tale?

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retrieval failure

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What type of forgetting might be at work in the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon when we feel we are about to remember a name but it remains elusive?

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retrieval failure

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when an older memory interferes with new memory, it is called

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proactive interference

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Proactive interference is when you forget a previously learnt task due to the learning of a new task.

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False

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During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates:

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proactive interference