Memory & Forgetting

Long-term potentiation is a(n):

• disruptive effective of prior learning on recall of new information

• elimination of anxiety-producing thoughts from conscious awareness

• neural basis for memory

• process of getting information out of memory storage

´Compulsive gamblers frequently recall losing less money than is actually the case. Their memory failure best illustrates:

• permastore memory

• proactive interference

• motivated forgetting

• storage failure

Which type of retrieval occurs when we correctly remember the names of our 1st grade classmates, without pictures or names to choose from?

• long-term potentiation

• recall

• recognition

• relearning

The three-stage processing model suggests that we register information in ________memory before it is _______ into short-term memory.

• long-term; encoded

• long-term; encoded

• sensory; encoded

• sensory; retrieved

“The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ______ memory.

• explicit

• implicit

• sensory

• short-term

When misleading information is incorporated into a memory, the ___________ has occurred.

• Interference effect

• Misinformation effect

• Retrieval effect

• Retroactive effect

After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Ben is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Ben is experiencing the effects of:

• encoding failure

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• ´Storage Failure