Exam 4: Working Memory

The chapter on working memory discussed several studies about individual differences in working memory.Which of the following students provides the best information about how working memory is related to academic skills?

Suppose that you have been studying some terms related to your course in biopsychology.After you have been studying for about 15 minutes,you find that you are having more trouble learning and remembering new terms.This problem is an example of

Suppose that you are listening to an announcer read the names of the winners in an athletic event.You recall the last four names accurately,but you can't recall the names that appeared earlier in the list.This phenomenon is called as

Suppose that you are trying to improve your pronunciation of French by listening to French popular songs.You try to imitate the French pronunciation at the same time that you translate the words into English.According to Baddeley's model,

Suppose that you are having trouble recalling the information for a question about Baddeley's theory because the information about Atkinson and Shiffrin's theory (which you learned earlier)keeps interfering.This phenomenon is called

Based on Chapter 4's discussion of depression and working memory,a clinical psychologist should know that people with depression

Which of the following students' statements best characterizes Baddeley's view of working memory?

According to the introduction of Chapter 4,one important function of working memory is

Chapter 4 discusses neuroscience research on the central executive.According to this discussion,the central executive

In the working-memory model,which of the following cognitive activities would the central executive be most likely to perform?

Baddeley's current model of working memory includes a feature called the episodic buffer.According to Baddeley's description,the episodic buffer

Solange is trying to recall her friend's new zip code,which is 14454.She remembers it by saying,"My birthday is September 14th; my father is 45 years old,and my nephew is 4 years old." Apparently,Solange

Baddeley chose the metaphor of a "workbench" to represent his model of working memory because

What is the current status of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory?

Researchers in neuroscience,over the past two decades,have spent a great deal of time working on the

Suppose that you are trying to perfect your accent in Spanish.Your teacher just pronounced the word "ferrocarril," and you are trying to keep the "rolling r" sound in your memory long enough to pronounce it yourself.In Baddeley's model,you are most likely to use your

Suppose that you have been watching a figure skating competition.You close your eyes and you try to remember how the last skater performed her final jump,then glided to the center of the rink and finished with a spin.The component of your working memory that is now most active is

You will have difficulty reading your textbook if you are simultaneously singing the words to your favorite song.How would Baddeley explain this phenomenon?

Compared to the earlier view of short-term memory,the current view of working memory

George Miller's (1956)classic article,on the magical number seven,introduced the concept of a chunk.According to Miller's terminology,a chunk