Question 1

In the Feature model, forgetting is assumed to depend on which process?

Accepted Answer

A) Drift diffusion 
B) Trace decay 
C) Consolidation 
D) Interference 
E) Synaptogenesis 
A) Drift diffusion 
B) Trace decay 
C) Consolidation 
D) Interference 
E) Synaptogenesis D

Question 2

Which effect, seen in free recall, involves a tendency for items from the beginning and end of the list to be recalled best?

Accepted Answer

A) Mirror 
B) Serial position 
C) Phonological similarity 
D) Word length 
E) List length 
A) Mirror 
B) Serial position 
C) Phonological similarity 
D) Word length 
E) List length B

Question 3

When word lists are increased in length, and participants are allowed several learning trials, which type of similarity between items becomes much more important?

Accepted Answer

A) Sound 
B) Phonological 
C) Meaning 
D) Visual 
E) Typographical 
A) Sound 
B) Phonological 
C) Meaning 
D) Visual 
E) Typographical C

Question 4

Farrell and Lewandowski's (2002, 2003)SOB model proposes that order is maintained using which type of context signal?

Accepted Answer

A) Temporal 
B) Time-based 
C) Space-based 
D) Oscillatory 
E) Event-based 
A) Temporal 
B) Time-based 
C) Space-based 
D) Oscillatory 
E) Event-based

Question 5

Which of the following terms best describes the applicability of a finding to the real world?

Accepted Answer

A) Criterion 
B) Internal 
C) Test-retest 
D) Ecological 
E) Predictive 
A) Criterion 
B) Internal 
C) Test-retest 
D) Ecological 
E) Predictive

Question 6

Which structure is thought to be responsible for articulatory rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A) Phonological loop 
B) Central executive 
C) Visuo-spatial sketchpad 
D) Episodic buffer 
E) Peripheral nervous system 
A) Phonological loop 
B) Central executive 
C) Visuo-spatial sketchpad 
D) Episodic buffer 
E) Peripheral nervous system

Question 7

Which of the following does best at predicting performance on reasoning tasks used to assess intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Short-term buffer size 
B) Digit span 
C) Wing span 
D) Life span 
E) Working memory span 
A) Short-term buffer size 
B) Digit span 
C) Wing span 
D) Life span 
E) Working memory span

Question 8

The block tapping test is typically used to establish which of the following metrics?

Accepted Answer

A) Corgi span 
B) Digit span 
C) Object span 
D) Episodic span 
E) Corsi span 
A) Corgi span 
B) Digit span 
C) Object span 
D) Episodic span 
E) Corsi span

Question 9

Patient KF displayed deficits for which memory system?

Accepted Answer

A) Long-term memory 
B) Semantic memory 
C) Verbal short-term memory 
D) Long-term episodic memory 
E) Visual short-term memory 
A) Long-term memory 
B) Semantic memory 
C) Verbal short-term memory 
D) Long-term episodic memory 
E) Visual short-term memory

Question 10

What does SIMPLE stand for in Brown et al.'s model of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Scale Intervention in Memory, Perception, and Language 
B) Semantic Intervention in Memory, Perception, and Learning 
C) Scale Invariant Memory, Perception, and Learning 
D) Scale Invariant Memory, Perception, and Language 
E) Semantic Intervention for Memory and Perceptual Lagging 
A) Scale Intervention in Memory, Perception, and Language 
B) Semantic Intervention in Memory, Perception, and Learning 
C) Scale Invariant Memory, Perception, and Learning 
D) Scale Invariant Memory, Perception, and Language 
E) Semantic Intervention for Memory and Perceptual Lagging

Question 11

What limits the capacity of visual STM?

Accepted Answer

A) Working memory span 
B) Articulatory suppression 
C) Attentional blindness 
D) Word length effect 
A) Working memory span 
B) Articulatory suppression 
C) Attentional blindness 
D) Word length effect

Question 12

Visual short-term memory is thought to solve the problem of combining brief ________ (occurring about twice a second)into a coherent representation.

Accepted Answer

A) Fixations 
B) Neural spikes 
C) Refractory periods 
D) Pattern matches 
E) Optical illusions 
A) Fixations 
B) Neural spikes 
C) Refractory periods 
D) Pattern matches 
E) Optical illusions

Question 13

Luck and Vogel (1997)used a variant of which method to investigate the nature of visual short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Change blindness 
B) Change detection 
C) Complex span 
D) Serial reaction time 
E) Priming 
A) Change blindness 
B) Change detection 
C) Complex span 
D) Serial reaction time 
E) Priming

Question 14

Conrad (1964)suggested that visually presented consonant sequences depended on a short-term memory store that relies on which type of code?

Accepted Answer

A) Latent 
B) Visual 
C) Somatosensory 
D) Semantic 
E) Acoustic 
A) Latent 
B) Visual 
C) Somatosensory 
D) Semantic 
E) Acoustic

Question 15

Chunking random digits into groups of how many numbers generally works best at maximizing recall, according to Wickelgren (1964)and Ryan (1969)?

Accepted Answer

A) Two 
B) Three 
C) Four 
D) Five 
E) Six 
A) Two 
B) Three 
C) Four 
D) Five 
E) Six

Question 16

Patient MV had damage to the right frontal lobe and particularly severe concomitant impairments in which domain?

Accepted Answer

A) Visual short-term memory 
B) Spatial memory 
C) Color memory 
D) Shape memory 
E) Semantic memory 
A) Visual short-term memory 
B) Spatial memory 
C) Color memory 
D) Shape memory 
E) Semantic memory

Question 17

The sound of a word such as "DOG," as opposed to its visual form, would be considered which type of feature in Nairne's Feature model?

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic 
B) Modality independent 
C) Stroop 
D) Modality dependent 
E) Semantic 
A) Episodic 
B) Modality independent 
C) Stroop 
D) Modality dependent 
E) Semantic

Question 18

SIMPLE (Brown et al., 2007)is best described as which type of model?

Accepted Answer

A) Anatomical 
B) Linguistic 
C) Neurological 
D) Mathematical 
E) Physiological 
A) Anatomical 
B) Linguistic 
C) Neurological 
D) Mathematical 
E) Physiological

Question 19

Baddeley and Hitch (1977)tested rugby players' memory and reported evidence for which form of recency?

Accepted Answer

A) Visually guided 
B) Short-term 
C) Trauma-induced 
D) Long-term 
E) Flashbulb 
A) Visually guided 
B) Short-term 
C) Trauma-induced 
D) Long-term 
E) Flashbulb

Question 20

Which of these variables influence the recency effect?

Accepted Answer

A) None of these 
B) Presentation rate 
C) Word frequency 
D) Word imageability 
E) Age of the participant 
A) None of these 
B) Presentation rate 
C) Word frequency 
D) Word imageability 
E) Age of the participant

In the Feature model, forgetting is assumed to depend on which process?

Which effect, seen in free recall, involves a tendency for items from the beginning and end of the list to be recalled best?

When word lists are increased in length, and participants are allowed several learning trials, which type of similarity between items becomes much more important?

Farrell and Lewandowski's (2002, 2003)SOB model proposes that order is maintained using which type of context signal?

Which of the following terms best describes the applicability of a finding to the real world?

Which structure is thought to be responsible for articulatory rehearsal?

Which of the following does best at predicting performance on reasoning tasks used to assess intelligence?

The block tapping test is typically used to establish which of the following metrics?

Patient KF displayed deficits for which memory system?

What does SIMPLE stand for in Brown et al.'s model of memory?

What limits the capacity of visual STM?

Visual short-term memory is thought to solve the problem of combining brief ________ (occurring about twice a second)into a coherent representation.

Luck and Vogel (1997)used a variant of which method to investigate the nature of visual short-term memory?

Conrad (1964)suggested that visually presented consonant sequences depended on a short-term memory store that relies on which type of code?

Chunking random digits into groups of how many numbers generally works best at maximizing recall, according to Wickelgren (1964)and Ryan (1969)?

Patient MV had damage to the right frontal lobe and particularly severe concomitant impairments in which domain?

The sound of a word such as "DOG," as opposed to its visual form, would be considered which type of feature in Nairne's Feature model?

SIMPLE (Brown et al., 2007)is best described as which type of model?

Baddeley and Hitch (1977)tested rugby players' memory and reported evidence for which form of recency?

Which of these variables influence the recency effect?

What Is Memory

Memory and the Brain

Working Memory

Learning

Episodic Memory: Organizing and Remembering

Semantic Memory and Stored Knowledge

Retrieval

Incidental Forgetting

Motivated Forgetting

Autobiographical Memory

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

Improving Your Memory

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Exam 3: Short-Term Memory

In the Feature model, forgetting is assumed to depend on which process?

Which effect, seen in free recall, involves a tendency for items from the beginning and end of the list to be recalled best?

When word lists are increased in length, and participants are allowed several learning trials, which type of similarity between items becomes much more important?

Farrell and Lewandowski's (2002, 2003)SOB model proposes that order is maintained using which type of context signal?

Which of the following terms best describes the applicability of a finding to the real world?

Which structure is thought to be responsible for articulatory rehearsal?

Which of the following does best at predicting performance on reasoning tasks used to assess intelligence?

The block tapping test is typically used to establish which of the following metrics?

Patient KF displayed deficits for which memory system?

What does SIMPLE stand for in Brown et al.'s model of memory?

What limits the capacity of visual STM?

Visual short-term memory is thought to solve the problem of combining brief ________ (occurring about twice a second)into a coherent representation.

Luck and Vogel (1997)used a variant of which method to investigate the nature of visual short-term memory?

Conrad (1964)suggested that visually presented consonant sequences depended on a short-term memory store that relies on which type of code?

Chunking random digits into groups of how many numbers generally works best at maximizing recall, according to Wickelgren (1964)and Ryan (1969)?

Patient MV had damage to the right frontal lobe and particularly severe concomitant impairments in which domain?

The sound of a word such as "DOG," as opposed to its visual form, would be considered which type of feature in Nairne's Feature model?

SIMPLE (Brown et al., 2007)is best described as which type of model?

Baddeley and Hitch (1977)tested rugby players' memory and reported evidence for which form of recency?

Which of these variables influence the recency effect?

What Is Memory

Memory and the Brain

Working Memory

Learning

Episodic Memory: Organizing and Remembering

Semantic Memory and Stored Knowledge

Retrieval

Incidental Forgetting

Motivated Forgetting

Autobiographical Memory

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

Improving Your Memory

Filters