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WorksheetsMod 33 Reading Guide
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 22mins
those who cannot recall their past ---- the old information stored in long-term memory ---- suffer from (a) amnesia
Like Alzheimer's patients, whose explicit memories for new people and events are lost, they could form new (a) memories
Compared with those just completing a high school or college Spanish course, people 3 years out of school had forgotten much of what they had learned. However, what people remembered then, they still remembered 25 and more years later. Their forgetting had (a) off.
Often, forgetting is not memories (a) but memories unretrieved. We store in long-term memory what's important to us or what we've rehearsed. But sometimes important events (b) our attempts to access them. How frustrating when a name lies poised on the (c) of our tongue, just beyond reach. Given retrieval (d) , we may easily (e) the elusive memory.
Match the following
the inability to form new memories
anterograde amnesia
an inability to retrieve information from one's past
retrograde amnesia
the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
proactive interference
the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
retroactive interference
in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
repression
He (Freud) proposed that we (a) unacceptable memories to protect our self-concept and to minimize anxiety.
..."your memory is only as good as your last memory. The fewer times you use it, the more pristine it is." This means that, to some degree, "all memory is (a) ".
Misattribution is at the heart of many false memories. Authors, songwriters and stand-up comedians sometimes suffer from it. They think an idea came from their own creative imagination, when in fact they are (a) plagiarizing something they earlier read or heard.
Because the misinformation effect and source amnesia happen outside our awareness, it is hard to (a) false memories from real ones.
Match the following
a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again
Reconsolidation of Memories
occurs when misleading information has distorted one's memory of an event
misinformation effect
faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined. Also called source misattribution.
source amnesia
Collectively held memories that though false, are consistent, and have been posited as evidence that alternate realities may exist.
Mandela Effect
that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
deja vu
Match the following
Meaning of words and sentences
semantics
Close to the event so the information is relevant to the receiver
timely feedback
the tendency to process efficiently and remember well information related to oneself
self-reference effect
The heightened ability to remember information when our internal state matches those of when we learned/retained the information.
state-dependent memory
enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information
testing effect
According to page 360 explain why reports of repressed and recovered memories have been so hotly debated. (summarize in your own words in 3-5 sentences)
Read page 361 and explain why children's memories are complicated and hard to rely on when they are eyewitnesses.
Write down the seven memory tips on page 362 (the bold words). Which 2 do you think could be the most beneficial in your own life? Why?
