PSYCH 101 Chapter 6 Quiz

Of the memory "sins," one of the primary causes of eyewitness misidentification is: - correct answer-memory misattribution A son is not paying attention to his father. His father asks sternly, "What did I just say?" and the son can only meekly respond, "You just asked me, 'What did I just say?'" What memory store was encoding this information, despite the son not paying attention? - correct answer-echoic memory Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold. - correct answer-amount of Memory is enhanced for highly emotional events in large part due to the activity of which brain structure? - correct answer-amygdala A retrieval cue is only going to be useful if the information to be recalled is ___________ in memory - correct answer-available but currently inaccessible After practicing how to tie her shoes for months with her mother, Sara can now easily tie her shoes by herself without purposely thinking about the steps. This capability is an example of: - correct answer-procedural memory Which statement about long-term storage is TRUE? - correct answer-Each time a memory is retrieved, it becomes vulnerable to disruption