Question 1

Which of the following is not a stage in the information processing model of memory?

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A)   Sensory memory
B)   Short-term memory
C)   Long-term memory
D)   Episodic memoryE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Rehearsal is important for transferring information from

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A)   sensory memory to long-term memory.
B)   sensory memory to short-term memory.
C)   long-term memory to sensory memory.
D)   short-term memory to long-term memory.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Brief sensory memory for sound is known as

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A)   iconic memory.
B)   primary auditory memory.
C)   echoic memory.
D)   pre-perceptual auditory memory.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The episodic buffer directly connects to which two components in Baddeley's model of memory?

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A)   The phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad
B)   The central executive and long-term memory
C)   The central executive and the phonological loop
D)   The phonological loop and long-term memoryE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

A person who is activating their visuospatial sketch pad is likely to say which of the following?

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A)   "Let's walk down memory lane."
B)   "I can see it in my mind's eye."
C)   "It's right on the tip of my tongue."
D)   "I can remember like it was yesterday."E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Models designed to explain mental functioning are constantly refined and modified to explain new experimental results. Using the research from this chapter, discuss this idea by describing an "old" theory, the "new or revised" theory, and the data that brought about the refinements to models of memory.

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Question 7

Have you ever tried to think of the words and hum the melody of one song while the radio is playing a different song? People have often noted that this is very difficult to do. This difficulty can be understood as

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A)   articulatory suppression.
B)   an overload of sensory memory.
C)   rehearsal interference.
D)   an LTM recency effect.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

On what factor do working memory and short-term memory most differ?

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A)   velocity
B)   activity
C)   location
D)   stimuliE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Research suggests that the capacity of short-term memory is

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A)   somewhat small, holding only about seven items at one time.
B)   quite large, holding a large number of items simultaneously.
C)   equivalent to sensory memory, holding about a hundred items at one time.
D)   larger than the capacity of long-term memory among young people.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

What is the relationship between digit span and chunking? Give an example of how both concepts apply in a single memory task.

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Question 11

Which of the following stimulus characteristics most challenges the processing capacity of short-term memory?

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A)   frequency
B)   color
C)   complexity
D)   sourceE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

If working memory were an actual workplace, which of the following best describes the members of Baddeley's model?

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A)   independent consultants
B)   equal team members
C)   competing employees
D)   workers and managerE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Suppose you're on the phone with a customer support representative who gives you a ticket number for your records. You're later transferred to a different representative who asks for your ticket number, but you've forgotten it. This probably occurred because the number was only temporarily stored in your

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A)   sensory memory.
B)   short-term memory.
C)   long-term memory.
D)   episodic memory.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

The three structural components of the modal model of memory are

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A)   receptors, occipital lobe, temporal lobe.
B)   receptors, temporal lobe, frontal lobe.
C)   sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory.
D)   sensory memory, iconic memory, rehearsal.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Jason quickly scanned the map on his phone to get to his job interview, then took a left and ran down the block so he wouldn't be late. According to Stokes, Jason's ability to recall the directions as he's running is the result of ________.

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A)   a buffering process followed by an activity process
B)   an activity state followed by a synaptic state
C)   a buffering process followed by an executive process
D)   a synaptic state followed by a buffering stateE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Imagine you are driving to a friend's new house. In your mind, you say the address repeatedly until you arrive. To remember the address, you used a(n) ___________process in short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   control
B)   automatic
C)   coding
D)   iconicE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Which term best reflects the core concept of echoic memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   repetition
B)   buffer
C)   access
D)   timeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 18

When a sparkler is twirled rapidly, people perceive a circle of light. This occurs because

Accepted Answer

A)   the trail you see is caused by sparks left behind from the sparkler.
B)   longer light wavelengths from the sparkler produce a visual echoic effect.
C)   the length of iconic memory is about a fraction of a second.
D)   Gestalt principles work to complete the circle in our minds.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The effective duration of short-term memory, when rehearsal is prevented, is

Accepted Answer

A)   just under a fraction of a second.
B)   15-20 seconds or less.
C)   one to three minutes or more.
D)   indefinite.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Funahashi and coworkers recorded neurons in the PF cortex of monkeys during a delayed response task. These neurons showed the most intense firing during

Accepted Answer

A)   stimulus presentation.
B)   delay.
C)   response.
D)   encoding.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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