During a cognitive interview, aspects of the crime scene, such as sounds, smells, and objects, provide helpful stimuli associated with a memory, which are called
a. retrieval cues.
b. mnemonics.
c. eidetic imagery.
d. information chunks.
A
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a. Most rats were immune to the effects of the stress. b. The rats' depression was reduced by the high level of physical activity. c. The stress caused a form of brain damage that first led to motor retardation and then death. d. The rats that exhibited symptoms similar to depression had altered neurotransmitter levels.
Imagine that a picture of a spoon is briefly flashed in the left visual field of an individual with a severed corpus callosum. At the same time, a picture of a cup is briefly flashed in the right visual field. Based on research with split-brain patients, you could predict that this individual will say,
a. "I didn't see anything.". b. "I saw a spoon resting in a cup.". c. "I saw a spoon.". d. "I saw a cup.".
Pam is looking forward to the weekend, but her boss needs her to stay late on Friday and come in on Saturday morning in order to rewrite a report from another employee. This report must get to the main office by Monday. With this unexpected work and short deadline, Pam can be expected to be feeling the element of stress known as
a. pressure. b. burnout. c. conflict. d. eustress.
Craik and Lockhart's model of memory challenged which assumption of the consolidation
hypothesis? a. Short-term memory and long-term memory appear to be physiologically distinct. b. The time that information spends in short-term memory is the critical factor in information reaching long-term memory. c. All of the information that gets into long-term memory must first pass through short-term memory. d. Memory for recent events may be lost more readily than that for distant events. e. Memory involves changes in the brain.