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Question 161

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Memory of your familiar old e-mail password may block the recall of your new password.This illustrates

A) source amnesia.
B) retroactive interference.
C) repression.
D) proactive interference.

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Question 162

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Your relative success in recalling a dozen different names a week after you heard them listed in order is likely to illustrate

A) implicit memory.
B) a recency effect.
C) flashbulb memory.
D) a primacy effect.

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Question 163

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When experimental participants viewed three rows of three letters each for only one-twentieth of a second,they

Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?

Recalling a visual scene of last night's party and holding it in working memory would be most likely to activate the

After long-term potentiation has occurred

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue,but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name.Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as ________ is to ________.

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

Memory consolidation is the process in which explicit memories initially registered in the ________ are transferred for long-term storage in other regions of the brain.

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized,they often replace some of the words on the original list with similar but more familiar words.This best illustrates the impact of

Forming conscious associations between new course material and facts you already know is an effective way to build a network of

Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced.Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms of

Semantic memory is best described as ________ memory of _________.

Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony and reception.After their painful divorce,however,they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event.Their recollections best illustrate the nature of

Researchers asked people to count aloud backward after they were presented with three consonants.This study found that ________ memories will quickly disappear without active processing and rehearsal.

Although Maria can encode and consciously recall new information,she is unable to consciously recall events that happened prior to the brain damage she suffered as an adolescent.Maria's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates

Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of

The ability to retain more information after sleep and to be a creative problem solver has been found to be most closely associated with a large ________ memory capacity.

The organization of individual items into larger familiar units is called