Chapter 7

Nina is trying to remember how her political science professor had described the rift that exists between the two dominant political parties in the United States. She thinks about the new information she learned in class and tries to understand the various positions held by each party. Nina’s attempt to remember a concept by tying its meaning to a stimulus is called _______ rehearsal.

If you stare at a television screen that displays bright, vivid colors, you might notice that this image lingers in your "mind's eye" after you look away from the screen. This is because of the functioning of ________ storage.

Barney's wife, Betty, asks Barney to go to the grocery store to get several items for the house. As she is listing the items, Barney gallantly insists he doesn't need to write down everything she asks for. "I have a great memory. I'll remember it all!" Barney proclaims. Betty shakes her head because she knows that, according to George Miller’s research, Barney will only remember about ____ items on her list

When you read your textbook, your brain changes the words you are reading into a meaningful neural code that it can use. In memory, this process is called

Based on the three-part model of memory storage, the sequence of memory storage is

George Miller discovered that short-term memory is limited to ________ plus or minus ________ items, or chunks of information.

To remember her nine-digit Social Security number, Alyssa uses her working memory to place the numbers into three groups. In addition, each group of three or four digits is easy to remember because it is meaningful. Alyssa’s strategy in remembering her Social Security number illustrates

A person who has experienced the loss of past memories may be experiencing

If someone asks you to describe your first day of school, you will most likely retrieve a(n) ________ memory.

The increased ability to retrieve memories that occurs when one’s internal states during encoding match one’s internal states during recall is called

The type of memory associated with being able to consciously recall previous experiences is referred to as ________ memory.

Remembering how to ice skate is most likely an example of ________ memory

Filter theory helps explain all of the following memory phenomena EXCEPT

Elaborative rehearsal is a more effective memory strategy than maintenance rehearsal because the information is processed