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WorksheetsChapter 12 Retrieval
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 4mins
After we have stored an event, the two possible sources of forgetting due to the passage of time are ____ and ____.
decay / failure to encode
proactive interference / decay
cue-dependent forgetting / failure to encode
decay / interference
____ and ___ are the main cause of forgetting in long term memory.
Decay / interference
The passage of time / not using the memory
Alzheimer’s / dementia
Interference / cue dependent forgetting
Which of the following is the most important determinant of forgetting?
how much time has elapsed since an event
how many other experiences you have had since then
how many similar experiences you have had since then
how many similar experiences you have ever had
Forgetting caused by the formation of new memories during the retention interval is called
proactive interference
retroactive interference
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
Tulving called material that was no longer stored in memory _____, and he called material that was still stored but couldn’t be retrieved ____.
unavailable, inaccessible
inaccessible, unavailable
erased, lost
lost, misplaced
A study found that people are better at recalling a list of words if the study and test phases are carried out in the same room. The text suggests that
Where possible, students should study in the room where they will be tested
Room cues are less important in recalling meaningful material
This effect only occurs with visual cues
All of the above
People seem to be better at remembering an experience if their emotional state during retrieval is the same as their state during the experience. This is an example of
state-dependent memory
emotion matching
mood matching
focus dependent memory
When a retrieval cue activates several memories, each one that is activated may inhibit all the others. Anderson called this
mutual inhibition
memory inhibition
retrieval-induced forgetting
retrieval blocking
The more items a retrieval cue is associated with, the less effective it is in activating any one of them. This is called
cue overload
the radiation effect
the dispersal effect
spreading activation
In some cases, retrieval cues are not effective. For example, if the cues present during retrieval are NOT similar to those during coding. This reflects ___
Encoding specificity principle
Transfer-appropriate processing
Inhibition & retrieval-induced forgetting
Cue overload
If we retrieve only fragments of an experience, our brains will sometimes fill in the gaps with educated guesses. This process is called
reconstruction
augmentation
top-down processing
rationalization
We sometimes remember an event but misremember the context in which it occurred. This is an example of
reality monitoring
cue overload
context-dependent memory
source confusion
In a study they showed participants slides of an automobile accident and then asked them questions about it. If one of the questions referred, inaccurately, to a yield sign, participants were more likely to later remember seeing this sign. They called this
the misinformation effect
the leading-question effect
a cognitive implant
cognitive distortion
