Questions

1. The sense that we know the information we are trying to recall but can’t quite come up with it is known as the ________ ________.
2. The ________ effect refers to a tendency to better remember items presented at the beginning of a list.
3. ________ memory refers to knowledge or experiences that can be consciously remembered.
4. The strengthening of the synaptic connections between neurons as a result of frequent stimulation is called ______ ________.
5. The hippocampus is particularly important for explicit memories while the ________ is particularly important for implicit memories.
6. Visual sensory memory is more commonly referred to as ________ ________.
7. The central executive is the part of ________ ________ that directs attention and processing.
8. ________ fixedness occurs when people’s schemas prevent them from using an object in new and non-traditional ways.
9. The term ________ ________ is used to describe a vivid and emotional memory of an unusual event that people believe they remember very well.
10. Damage to the amygdala would most likely disrupt our ________ memories.

Answers

1. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
2. primacy
3. explicit
4. long-term potentiation
5. cerebellum
6. iconic memory
7. working memory
8. functional
9. flashbulb memory
10. emotional