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Meredith is trying to memorize the various eras and periods in the geologic table. She begins by memorizing the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic as three eras. She then memorizes the three periods from the Cenozoic, the three periods from the Mesozoic, and the six periods from the Paleozoic. Which concept does Meredith's method of organizing the material she is trying to remember illustrate?

A) source monitoring
B) the serial-position effect
C) conceptual hierarchies
D) levels of processing

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Outline some strategies that can be used to improve everyday memory.

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Which level of processing should result in the longest lasting memory codes?

Corbin is convinced that he remembers the material from his text much better when he studies for 3 hours straight through on the night before the exam, rather than when he studies for 30 minutes each night on 6 consecutive nights. What technique is Corbin using?

What does it mean when information in long-term memory (LTM) is organized according to a clustering principle?

Even if you are not attending to a particular conversation between two people, you may notice if one of the people says your name. What is the term for this type of occurrence?

In which level of processing is emphasis placed on the sounds of words?

Noah learned to play Mozart's Concerto Number 21 when he was eight years old. He is now 30 years old and hasn't played the piano for 12 years, but his sister has asked him to play the concerto at her wedding. When Noah sits down to practice, he finds that he has the piece mastered in just a few hours, even though it took him weeks to learn the first time. What does this example illustrate?

What type of memory is necessary to remember to perform actions in the future?

What is involved in self-referent encoding?

Which items on a list are most likely to be recalled according to the serial-position effect?

What is the term for the type of memory that failed when Mitzy didn't remember that she was supposed to go to the party that night?

Distinguish between implicit and explicit memory, declarative and procedural memory, and semantic and episodic memory, and explain how these are interrelated.

Sometimes when you think about a word, it triggers your recall of related words. What is this tendency called?

Faith had brain surgery to remove a small tumour from her temporal lobe. While recovering from the surgery Faith appeared to be fine, and she was able to talk about events from both her childhood and just before the surgery. However, she has not learned anything that has happened since the surgery. Which of the following are Faith's memory difficulties consistent with?

Cierra is writing a test in geography, and she is trying to recall the capital of Turkmenistan. Which type of memory does Cierra need to access to answer this question?