Psych 1 - Module 24

For a few minutes, Carlos couldn't remember the name of his math teacher from last year. Then, it popped back into his head. What is the most likely explanation for Carlos forgetting the name?

• permastore failure

• encoding failure

• retrieval failure

• storage failure

Georjeanna couldn't tell her friend what color the house on the corner was, even though she had walked by it dozens of times. What is the most likely explanation for Georjeanna forgetting the color of the house?

• storage failure

• encoding failure

• retrieval failure

• permastore failure

Sejal couldn't remember what she had for dinner two birthdays ago. All she could remember was what she ate for her most recent birthday dinner. Sejal experienced:

• retroactive interference

• storage failure

• proactive interference

• encoding failure

Ebbinghaus demonstrated that most forgetting occurs within a few ____________ after learning

• weeks

• days

• years

• months

Permastore memory

• is an effective studying technique

• refers to memories that are especially resistant to forgetting

• relates to encoding, but not to storage or retrieval

• refers to the impact of very old memories on new memories

Repression is a concept popularized by

• Ernst

• Freud

• Ebbinghaus

• Loftus

Motivated forgetting is most likely to explain why we

• usually don't do well in classes we don't like

• can't remember details of some things we've seen repeatedly, like the details on a dollar bill

• can't remember information we studied for a history quiz

• forget to include a candy bar in our calorie count when on a diet

Interference relates to

• storage

• retrieval

• permastorage

• encoding

Which of the following has NOT been shown to enhance the accuracy of the results of adult interviews with children?

• using anatomically correct dolls

• using words the child can understand

• using neutral language that doesn't suggest a particular answer

• having no contact between the adult and the child before the interview

When therapists use hypnosis, imagination techniques, and dream analysis to help patients recover repressed memories

• the accuracy of the recovered memories increases for children but decreases for adults

• the accuracy of the recovered memories increases for adults but decreases for children

• any recovered memories are likely to be false

• the accuracy of the recovered memories increases