Question 1

What is the role of suppression in working memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  to keep disturbing thoughts from entering the mind 
B)  to keep a person from becoming overly excited 
C)  to remove irrelevant information from working memory 
D)  stabilizing the activation levels of memory traces in working memory 
A)  to keep disturbing thoughts from entering the mind 
B)  to keep a person from becoming overly excited 
C)  to remove irrelevant information from working memory 
D)  stabilizing the activation levels of memory traces in working memory

Question 2

In Baddeley's model of working memory, what are the two components that make up the phonological loop?

Accepted Answer

In Baddeley's model of working memory, t

Question 3

According to Baddeley's working memory model, there is a central executive that has control over what 3 slave systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  visuo-spatial sketchpad, mental workbench, and phonological loop 
B)  mental workbench, active rehearsal system, and episodic buffer 
C)  visuo-spatial sketchpad, phonological loop, and episodic buffer 
D)  phonological loop, active rehearsal system, and visuo-spatial sketchpad 
A)  visuo-spatial sketchpad, mental workbench, and phonological loop 
B)  mental workbench, active rehearsal system, and episodic buffer 
C)  visuo-spatial sketchpad, phonological loop, and episodic buffer 
D)  phonological loop, active rehearsal system, and visuo-spatial sketchpad

Question 4

The word length effect is the finding that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  it is harder to remember longer words 
B)  it is harder to remember shorter words 
C)  fewer words will be remembered from a list of short words 
D)  fewer words will be remembered from a list of long words 
A)  it is harder to remember longer words 
B)  it is harder to remember shorter words 
C)  fewer words will be remembered from a list of short words 
D)  fewer words will be remembered from a list of long words

Question 5

The tendency for people to misremember the location or orientation of an object at the end of a movement is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  dynamic memory 
B)  motion memory 
C)  representational momentum 
D)  dysexecutive syndrome 
A)  dynamic memory 
B)  motion memory 
C)  representational momentum 
D)  dysexecutive syndrome

Question 6

The finding that representational momentum is smaller for objects moving along a surface is attributed to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  context effects 
B)  semantic memory intrusions 
C)  representational friction 
D)  reverse inferential decoding processes 
A)  context effects 
B)  semantic memory intrusions 
C)  representational friction 
D)  reverse inferential decoding processes

Question 7

The phonological similarity effect is the finding that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  it is hard to remember a set of words that sound similar 
B)  it is easier to remember a set of words that sound similar 
C)  it is easier to remember words that have been heard rather than read 
D)  it is harder to remember words that have been heard rather than read 
A)  it is hard to remember a set of words that sound similar 
B)  it is easier to remember a set of words that sound similar 
C)  it is easier to remember words that have been heard rather than read 
D)  it is harder to remember words that have been heard rather than read

Question 8

In the _______ test, participants must _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  operation span; make sensibility judgments, and then recall the last word in each sentence 
B)  reading span; read a math problem aloud and memorize an increasing number of words 
C)  comprehension span; read sentences aloud and recall the last word in each sentence 
D)  spatial span; indicate if letters are rotated or reversed, then indicate the orientation of these letters 
A)  operation span; make sensibility judgments, and then recall the last word in each sentence 
B)  reading span; read a math problem aloud and memorize an increasing number of words 
C)  comprehension span; read sentences aloud and recall the last word in each sentence 
D)  spatial span; indicate if letters are rotated or reversed, then indicate the orientation of these letters

What is the role of suppression in working memory?

In Baddeley's model of working memory, what are the two components that make up the phonological loop?

According to Baddeley's working memory model, there is a central executive that has control over what 3 slave systems?

The word length effect is the finding that __________.

The tendency for people to misremember the location or orientation of an object at the end of a movement is called __________.

The finding that representational momentum is smaller for objects moving along a surface is attributed to __________.

The phonological similarity effect is the finding that __________.

In the _ test, participants must _.

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

Filters

Exam 5: Working Memory

What is the role of suppression in working memory?

In Baddeley's model of working memory, what are the two components that make up the phonological loop?

According to Baddeley's working memory model, there is a central executive that has control over what 3 slave systems?

The word length effect is the finding that __________.

The tendency for people to misremember the location or orientation of an object at the end of a movement is called __________.

The finding that representational momentum is smaller for objects moving along a surface is attributed to __________.

The phonological similarity effect is the finding that __________.

In the _______ test, participants must _______.

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

Filters

In the _ test, participants must _.