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The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve indicates that how well we remember information depends on

A) how long ago we learned that information.
B) the nature of our mood during encoding and retrieval.
C) whether the information is part of our implicit or explicit memory.
D) whether the information was forcibly repressed.

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The effortful processing of information

A) cannot occur simultaneously with automatic processing.
B) refers to the process of getting information out of memory storage.
C) can become automatic through practice.
D) occurs less frequently among adults than children.

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Professor Maslova has so many memories of former students that she has difficulty remembering the names of new students.The professor's difficulty best illustrates

Effortful processing is to automatic processing as ________ is to ________.

Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of retrieval and encoding are the same.This best illustrates

When Jake applied for a driver's license,he was embarrassed by a momentary inability to remember his address.Jake's memory difficulty most likely resulted from a(n) ________ failure.

As a child,Andre dreamed that he was chased and attacked by a ferocious dog.Many years later,he mistakenly recalled that this had actually happened to him.Andre's false recollection best illustrates

The hippocampus and brain cortex display simultaneous activity rhythms during sleep.This appears to be an indication of

Cerebellum is to ________ memory as hippocampus is to ________ memory.

Familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before contributes to

Remembering how to solve a puzzle without any conscious recollection that you can do so best illustrates ________ memory.

Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables increasingly difficult as his research career progressed.Which of the following best explains his problem?

An inability to retrieve information learned in the past is called

Without being aware of it,Kelsey encoded the exact locations on the basketball court from which she had taken each of her many shots during yesterday's tournament game.This best illustrates

Repression most clearly involves a failure in

The process in which memories registered in the hippocampus are transferred for long-term storage to other regions of the brain is called

Conscious active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information requires ________ memory.

Memories for well-learned automatic skills such as how to tie your shoes are called ________ memories.

While shopping for groceries,Abby realized she had misplaced her shopping list.By mentally visualizing the aisles she had walked and the items she had looked at,she was able to recall the exact shelf space where she had placed the list.Her mental visualization most clearly involved

An inability to access information in long-term memory is known as