Question 1

The serial position effect refers to the finding that

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A) memory is particularly good for items in the middle of a list. 
B) memory is particularly good for items at the beginning and at the end of a list. 
C) memory is particularly good for items at the beginning of a list but poor for items at the end. 
D) memory is particularly poor for items at the beginning of a list but good for items at the end. 
A) memory is particularly good for items in the middle of a list. 
B) memory is particularly good for items at the beginning and at the end of a list. 
C) memory is particularly good for items at the beginning of a list but poor for items at the end. 
D) memory is particularly poor for items at the beginning of a list but good for items at the end.

Question 2

Who is the "boss" of short term memory,supervising the operations of the other subsystems?

Accepted Answer

A) Central executive 
B) Visuo-spatial sketchpad 
C) Episodic buffer 
D) Articulatory loop 
A) Central executive 
B) Visuo-spatial sketchpad 
C) Episodic buffer 
D) Articulatory loop

Question 3

Which of these sequences would be the most difficult to keep track of in STM?

Accepted Answer

A) 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4 
B) B,P,Z,D,E,T,C, 
C) 1,9,2,3,9,4,0,7 
D) M,W,O,X,A,F,N,U 
A) 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4 
B) B,P,Z,D,E,T,C, 
C) 1,9,2,3,9,4,0,7 
D) M,W,O,X,A,F,N,U

Question 4

The function of working memory whereby we strategically direct our attention is called

Accepted Answer

A) working attention. 
B) sensory attention. 
C) executive attention. 
D) focus of attention. 
A) working attention. 
B) sensory attention. 
C) executive attention. 
D) focus of attention.

Question 5

Conway,Cowan,and Bunting (2001)conducted an experiment that looked at working memory capacity and the cocktail party phenomenon.What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A) People who had more common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
B) People who had less common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
C) People with lower working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
D) People with higher working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
A) People who had more common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
B) People who had less common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
C) People with lower working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon. 
D) People with higher working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon.

Question 6

What are the effects of stressors on working memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Both physiological and mental stressors enhance executive attention. 
B) Both physiological and mental stressors disrupt executive attention 
C) Physiological stress enhances executive attention,while psychological stress disrupts executive attention. 
D) Psychological stress enhances executive attention,while physiological stress disrupts executive attention. 
A) Both physiological and mental stressors enhance executive attention. 
B) Both physiological and mental stressors disrupt executive attention 
C) Physiological stress enhances executive attention,while psychological stress disrupts executive attention. 
D) Psychological stress enhances executive attention,while physiological stress disrupts executive attention.

Question 7

When irrelevant information is presented during the encoding of other material,

Accepted Answer

A) it has no effect as long as it's irrelevant. 
B) it enhances the processing of information in the phonological loop. 
C) it negatively impacts processing because it occupies the phonological loop. 
D) it negatively impacts processing by preventing the use of visual processing. 
A) it has no effect as long as it's irrelevant. 
B) it enhances the processing of information in the phonological loop. 
C) it negatively impacts processing because it occupies the phonological loop. 
D) it negatively impacts processing by preventing the use of visual processing.

Question 8

Wegner,Anisfield,and Pilloff (1998)had participants putt a golf ball and gave a specific instruction not to overshoot the hole.Some subjects were given a six-digit number to hold in mind while they made the putt,and they had to report the series of digits after.Others were simply asked to putt.What happened?

Accepted Answer

A) All participants showed an increased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition where overshooting was never mentioned. 
B) All participants showed an increased likelihood of undershooting relative to a condition where overshooting was never mentioned. 
C) Participants holding digits in mind showed an increased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition in which overshooting was never mentioned. 
D) Participants holding digits in mind showed a decreased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition in which overshooting was never mentioned. 
A) All participants showed an increased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition where overshooting was never mentioned. 
B) All participants showed an increased likelihood of undershooting relative to a condition where overshooting was never mentioned. 
C) Participants holding digits in mind showed an increased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition in which overshooting was never mentioned. 
D) Participants holding digits in mind showed a decreased likelihood of overshooting relative to a condition in which overshooting was never mentioned.

Question 9

Chunking in immediate memory

Accepted Answer

A) is affected by the rate at which the information is presented. 
B) demonstrates that STM is a separate memory location. 
C) is independent of previous experience with the stimuli. 
D) allows you to expand the duration of STM by 30 seconds. 
A) is affected by the rate at which the information is presented. 
B) demonstrates that STM is a separate memory location. 
C) is independent of previous experience with the stimuli. 
D) allows you to expand the duration of STM by 30 seconds.

Question 10

The Brown-Peterson task has been used to show that the duration of short-term memory is about

Accepted Answer

A) 5 seconds. 
B) 20 seconds. 
C) 1 minute. 
D) 30 minutes. 
A) 5 seconds. 
B) 20 seconds. 
C) 1 minute. 
D) 30 minutes.

The serial position effect refers to the finding that

Who is the "boss" of short term memory,supervising the operations of the other subsystems?

Which of these sequences would be the most difficult to keep track of in STM?

The function of working memory whereby we strategically direct our attention is called

Conway,Cowan,and Bunting (2001)conducted an experiment that looked at working memory capacity and the cocktail party phenomenon.What did they find?

What are the effects of stressors on working memory?

When irrelevant information is presented during the encoding of other material,

Chunking in immediate memory

The Brown-Peterson task has been used to show that the duration of short-term memory is about

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Mechanisms of Attention

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

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Exam 4: Immediate Memory

The serial position effect refers to the finding that

Who is the "boss" of short term memory,supervising the operations of the other subsystems?

Which of these sequences would be the most difficult to keep track of in STM?

The function of working memory whereby we strategically direct our attention is called

Conway,Cowan,and Bunting (2001)conducted an experiment that looked at working memory capacity and the cocktail party phenomenon.What did they find?

What are the effects of stressors on working memory?

When irrelevant information is presented during the encoding of other material,

Chunking in immediate memory

The Brown-Peterson task has been used to show that the duration of short-term memory is about

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters