Exam 5: Working Memory: Forming and Using New Memory Traces

Of the following,which would most likely be characterized as a difficulty to encode new memories?

Unattended information is stored briefly in ______ memory.

High working memory capacity is associated with high susceptibility to interference.

Which of the following seems to be true of both echoic and iconic sensory memory?

Written words that you are trying to commit to memory would most likely be processed by which part of Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model?

Baddeley's research indicated that storing a string of digits in short-term memory ______.

In Waugh and Norman's probe digit task,______.

The recency effect is thought to result from participants' use of ______ memory.

If you are unable to find your keys and begin searching every single drawer in the house,you are undergoing a ______ search.

What would be considered the main difference between conceptualizations of working memory (as described by Baddeley and Hitch)and short-term memory (as described by Atkinson & Shiffrin)?

Name and describe the four components of working memory.

Of the following,which memory storage unit would be described as having the largest information processing capacity?

The surgery performed on patient "H.M." involved removal of most of the ______.

Information is held in ______ memory for 20-30 seconds.

When we cannot retrieve information from memory,we say that ______ has occurred.

Which of the following is NOT a component of working memory as described by Baddeley and Hitch?

The fact that the size of the memory set does affect search time in short-term memory suggests that search is ______.

Most studies of sensory memory have focused on memory for information from which sensory modalities?

As classically conceived,long-term memory is held to have all of the following properties EXCEPT ______.

Damage to the frontal lobe of the brain often disrupts processing by ______.