ExamPsychology008

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Information about the effects of a particular response is called
Feedback.
A type of motivated forgetting where painful, threatening, or embarrassing memories are held out of consciousness is known as
Repression
Forgetting events that occurred just before a head injury would be an example of
Retrograde amnesia.
Information and events occurring just before a head injury are remembered very poorly or not at all because
Consolidation is interrupted.
Memory researcher, Karl Lashley,
Concluded that engrams could not be limited to any one area of the brain.
Drugs that increase long-term potentiation tend to
Enhance overall memory.
When Sarah relates her own life experiences to what she is learning in her psychology class, it will be easier for her to recall the information on an exam. Sarah is engaging in
Elaborative rehearsal.
Effective strategies for improving memory include
Organizing the information to be retained.
Memory cues are defined as
Stimuli that aid retrieval.
Strategic steps of a cognitive interview include
All of these.