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What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of short-term memory?

A) 11
B) 9
C) 7
D) 5

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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What is the capacity of short-term memory?

A) five, plus or minus two letters
B) seven, plus or minus two chunks
C) five, plus or minus two engrams
D) seven, plus or minus two numbers

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

Loftus and others have found that people constantly update and revise their memories of events, adding information to a memory that occurred later even when that information is in error.

An individual's memory can be distorted by:

Declarative memory can be divided into semantic memory and episodic memory.

One of the most influential researchers into eyewitness memory has been _________.

What is meant by a flashbulb memory? Describe its characteristics. Give an example that is well-known. Some psychologists are not impressed by these well-known examples of this phenomenon. What are some of the criticisms of the idea of flashbulb memory?

Which of the following is most likely to be memorable for most people?

It's Thanksgiving and the whole family has gotten together. You start to reminisce about your childhood and get into an argument with your brother. Both of you claim that you were the innocent victim of the other. This is an example of _________.

Recognition is the ability to match information with stored images or facts.

Little Tammy is talking to her grandfather. She loves to listen to him tell stories about when he was a child. He has very vivid recollections of his youth and enjoys telling people about his fond memories. Unfortunately, grandpa has a difficult time remembering what happened within the last few days or weeks. If there are no physiological problems, grandpa's memory problems are best explained by ______.

On a TV game show, Jeannette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont. This information is most likely stored in ______.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia found in adults and the elderly.

When a person's _________ is damaged or removed, retrograde amnesia, or the inability to recall previous memories, results.

Loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward is called _________.

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Evidence suggests that nondeclarative memories are stored in the _________.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means __________.

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning are _________.