Question 1

People with larger working memory spans are more likely to make __________ choices.

Accepted Answer

A) sustainable 
B) subtle 
C) moral 
D) obscure 
A) sustainable 
B) subtle 
C) moral 
D) obscure

Question 2

What are some of the effects that demonstrate the operation of the visuospatial sketchpad?

Accepted Answer

Some effects that demonstrate the operat

Question 3

Which is NOT a criticism of Sternberg's conclusions about memory search?

Accepted Answer

A) Processes may cascade. 
B) Processes may slow down if performed in parallel. 
C) With practice,automaticity develops and may free up otherwise required resources. 
D) The difference measure should only measure the process of interest,but it is virtually impossible to devise two tasks that differ on the presence or absence of only one process (thus there is no appropriate comparison). 
A) Processes may cascade. 
B) Processes may slow down if performed in parallel. 
C) With practice,automaticity develops and may free up otherwise required resources. 
D) The difference measure should only measure the process of interest,but it is virtually impossible to devise two tasks that differ on the presence or absence of only one process (thus there is no appropriate comparison).

Question 4

According to Baddeley's model,working memory is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) a unitary structure 
B) not much different from long-term memory 
C) a collection of different processes 
D) almost exactly the same thing as short-term memory 
A) a unitary structure 
B) not much different from long-term memory 
C) a collection of different processes 
D) almost exactly the same thing as short-term memory

Question 5

Short-term memory span is often correlated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A) creativity 
B) aptitude 
C) intelligence 
D) motivation 
A) creativity 
B) aptitude 
C) intelligence 
D) motivation

Question 6

During each trial,the set is scanned one item at a time until the entire set is processed.This describes which kind of search?

Accepted Answer

A) serial self-terminating 
B) serial controlled 
C) serial position 
D) serial exhaustive 
A) serial self-terminating 
B) serial controlled 
C) serial position 
D) serial exhaustive

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) Serial position is an important determinant of RT in the Sternberg task. 
B) A process model is a flowchart of the separate mental processes that occur during each trial. 
C) There is a linear increase in RT with memory set size in the Sternberg task. 
D) In serial self-terminating search,the search process halts when a target is found. 
A) Serial position is an important determinant of RT in the Sternberg task. 
B) A process model is a flowchart of the separate mental processes that occur during each trial. 
C) There is a linear increase in RT with memory set size in the Sternberg task. 
D) In serial self-terminating search,the search process halts when a target is found.

Question 8

Presenting a list of words at a faster rate on a list learning task __________.

Accepted Answer

A) will increase the recency effect 
B) will reduce the primacy effect 
C) will increase the primacy effect 
D) will reduce the recency effect 
A) will increase the recency effect 
B) will reduce the primacy effect 
C) will increase the primacy effect 
D) will reduce the recency effect

Question 9

"Recall the items in their original order." This best describes which type of recall?

Accepted Answer

A) serial 
B) parallel 
C) implicit 
D) proactive 
A) serial 
B) parallel 
C) implicit 
D) proactive

Question 10

In remembering the letter sequence {BYGROUPINGITEMSQUICKLY},which is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) We use recoding. 
B) We use larger-than-letter chunks. 
C) We use an automatic mnemonic strategy. 
D) We use Process I to help learn the material. 
A) We use recoding. 
B) We use larger-than-letter chunks. 
C) We use an automatic mnemonic strategy. 
D) We use Process I to help learn the material.

Question 11

Another was to think of chunking in short-term memory is as __________.

Accepted Answer

A) expanding 
B) recoding 
C) synthesizing 
D) analyzing 
A) expanding 
B) recoding 
C) synthesizing 
D) analyzing

Question 12

Poorer memory for an item because of memories of prior items is called __________.

Accepted Answer

(PROACTIVE

Question 13

First,people are to attend to a to-be-remembered three-letter stimulus,and then they are shown a number.They are to count backwards by threes from the number.At the end of the variable length period of counting,the people were asked to report the original three-letter stimulus.Which test is this?

Accepted Answer

A) paired associate learning 
B) Brown-Peterson task 
C) mental rotation 
D) Sternberg task 
A) paired associate learning 
B) Brown-Peterson task 
C) mental rotation 
D) Sternberg task

Question 14

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Accepted Answer

A) visuospatial sketchpad and episodic buffer 
B) articulatory store and phonological loop 
C) phonological store and articulatory loop 
D) fast and slow tracking 
A) visuospatial sketchpad and episodic buffer 
B) articulatory store and phonological loop 
C) phonological store and articulatory loop 
D) fast and slow tracking

Question 15

Working memory differs from short-term memory in that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) more information can be retained 
B) they are exactly the same concept 
C) STM is serial and WM is parallel 
D) WM involves actively manipulating information 
A) more information can be retained 
B) they are exactly the same concept 
C) STM is serial and WM is parallel 
D) WM involves actively manipulating information

Question 16

The primacy effect is due to rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Processing information in the articulatory loop can disrupt processing in the visuospatial sketchpad.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Accepted Answer

(ARTICULAT

Question 19

Primary memory is the first memory system encountered as information enters the system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How do we get more information into Miller's magical number seven plus or minus two?

Accepted Answer

The phrase "Miller's magical number seve

People with larger working memory spans are more likely to make __________ choices.

What are some of the effects that demonstrate the operation of the visuospatial sketchpad?

Which is NOT a criticism of Sternberg's conclusions about memory search?

According to Baddeley's model,working memory is __________.

Short-term memory span is often correlated with __________.

During each trial,the set is scanned one item at a time until the entire set is processed.This describes which kind of search?

Which of the following is NOT true?

Presenting a list of words at a faster rate on a list learning task __________.

"Recall the items in their original order." This best describes which type of recall?

In remembering the letter sequence {BYGROUPINGITEMSQUICKLY},which is NOT true?

Another was to think of chunking in short-term memory is as __________.

Poorer memory for an item because of memories of prior items is called __________.

First,people are to attend to a to-be-remembered three-letter stimulus,and then they are shown a number.They are to count backwards by threes from the number.At the end of the variable length period of counting,the people were asked to report the original three-letter stimulus.Which test is this?

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Working memory differs from short-term memory in that __________.

The primacy effect is due to rehearsal.

Processing information in the articulatory loop can disrupt processing in the visuospatial sketchpad.

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Primary memory is the first memory system encountered as information enters the system.

How do we get more information into Miller's magical number seven plus or minus two?

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Exam 5: Short-Term Working Memory

People with larger working memory spans are more likely to make __________ choices.

What are some of the effects that demonstrate the operation of the visuospatial sketchpad?

Which is NOT a criticism of Sternberg's conclusions about memory search?

According to Baddeley's model,working memory is __________.

Short-term memory span is often correlated with __________.

During each trial,the set is scanned one item at a time until the entire set is processed.This describes which kind of search?

Which of the following is NOT true?

Presenting a list of words at a faster rate on a list learning task __________.

"Recall the items in their original order." This best describes which type of recall?

In remembering the letter sequence {BYGROUPINGITEMSQUICKLY},which is NOT true?

Another was to think of chunking in short-term memory is as __________.

Poorer memory for an item because of memories of prior items is called __________.

First,people are to attend to a to-be-remembered three-letter stimulus,and then they are shown a number.They are to count backwards by threes from the number.At the end of the variable length period of counting,the people were asked to report the original three-letter stimulus.Which test is this?

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Working memory differs from short-term memory in that __________.

The primacy effect is due to rehearsal.

Processing information in the articulatory loop can disrupt processing in the visuospatial sketchpad.

What are the two components of the phonological loop?

Primary memory is the first memory system encountered as information enters the system.

How do we get more information into Miller's magical number seven plus or minus two?

Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Using Knowledge in the Real World

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Cognitive Development

Filters