Donna Is Driving the Same Route to Work She Always

question 74

Multiple Choice

Donna is driving the same route to work she always takes. As Donna listens to the radio, she makes several correct turns, yet she is not conscious of the cues she used to make the turns. Here, retrieval of Donna's memories __________.

• A) is implicit
• B) demonstrates the importance of context specificity for declarative memory
• C) demonstrates repetition priming
• D) was similar to that which occurs in flashbulb memory

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Definitions:

Encoding

The set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain’s storage systems.

Retrieval

The act of retrieving and making conscious previously stored memory information.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Neural Messages

Electrical and chemical signals that are transmitted by neurons to send information throughout the nervous system.