Question 1

More recently,memory researchers such as Cowan have taken the view that the capacity of short-term memory is more like __________ units of information.

Accepted Answer

A)  seven
B)  one
C)  four
D)  nineE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Which refers to a completely different thing than short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  primary memory
B)  Baddeley's "mental workbench"
C)  supervisory attentional system
D)  implicit memoryE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Donders' method of subtraction __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  is principally used to determine the time required for numeric processing
B)  uses the time difference between tasks that only differ at one processing stage
C)  reveals that memory loss is principally due to interference rather than decay
D)  is a recognition taskE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

"Seven plus or minus two" is NOT associated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Miller
B)  chunk
C)  capacity of STM
D)  capacity of the sensory registerE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

In recall performance,the elevated recall of the first few items in a list (presumably because the items have the greatest chance of being transferred to LTM) is referred to as the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  primacy effect
B)  word superiority effect
C)  recency effect
D)  salience effectE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Describe the procedure used in the Sternberg search paradigm,the standard findings,and the standard interpretation of the theoretical implications of those findings.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

The initial "Peterson & Peterson" interpretation of the Brown-Peterson task result was that the performance decrement was due to memory decay across time.This interpretation was later challenged by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Triesman & Gelade
B)  Cooper & Shepard
C)  Waugh & Norman
D)  Johnston & HeinzE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

In a dual-task procedure,Logie had participants do mental addition or an imaging task as one task and a letter span or visual span task as the other task.The results __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proved Sternberg wrong
B)  were inconsistent with the notion of memory decay due to forgetting
C)  were inconsistent with the predictions of resource accounts
D)  were consistent with domain-specific resource accountsE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Retroactive interference is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a cost in the ability to remember due to memories of prior events
B)  a cost in the ability to remember due to memories of more recent events
C)  trouble a person has in recalling items as they get further along in a list
D)  trouble a person has in recalling items for items early on in a listE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

People will remember less from a list of words that sound similar than a list of words that sound different.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  PET scans (or fMRI or other neuro-investigative brain imagining techniques) essentially use Donder's subtractive method to narrow down which cognitive activities involve which neural mechanisms.
B)  Spatial working memory typically relies on extrastriate occipital processing of the prefrontal cortex.
C)  Articulatory rehearsal typically relies on left hemispheric processing.
D)  When spatial information is required for responding,the premotor region of the brain is active.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 13

Under what circumstances do people with smaller working memory spans outperform people with larger working memory spans?

Accepted Answer

A)  in finding simpler solutions to problems,rather than persisting with more complex solutions
B)  in the size of their Stroop effects
C)  in the ability to divide their attention across a broad range of tasks
D)  in just about every way possibleE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

On a working memory span test,people are asked to _________ some items,while ___________ others.

Accepted Answer

A)  encode; retrieving
B)  store; articulating
C)  transpose; sequencing
D)  retain; processingE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The episodic buffer of working memory __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  integrates information to create new episodic memories
B)  is most strongly analogous to short-term memory
C)  has an extremely small capacity
D)  is independent of any information in long-term memoryE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

The cost to memory because of more recently encountered information is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference
B)  retroactive interference
C)  mnemonic failure
D)  interference theoryE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Newer information interferes with older information in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a new theory of decay
B)  release from PI
C)  proactive interference
D)  retroactive interferenceE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

DLPFC is __________.(Choose the best answer.)

Accepted Answer

A)  active in tests involving executive control
B)  active in tests involving visuospatial processing
C)  active in tests involving articulatory planning
D)  active in tests involving episodic recallE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT affected by working memory span size?

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory retrieval
B)  sensation
C)  reasoning
D)  attentionE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following effect s is NOT a hallmark of the visuospatial sketchpad?

Accepted Answer

A)  dual-task effects
B)  boundary extension
C)  representational momentum
D)  mental rotationE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 5: Short-Term Working Memory

"Seven plus or minus two" is NOT associated with __________.

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More recently,memory researchers such as Cowan have taken the view that the capacity of short-term memory is more like __________ units of information.

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Which refers to a completely different thing than short-term memory?

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On a working memory span test,people are asked to _________ some items,while ___________ others.

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The cost to memory because of more recently encountered information is called __________.

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

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Donders' method of subtraction __________.

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The episodic buffer of working memory __________.

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The initial "Peterson & Peterson" interpretation of the Brown-Peterson task result was that the performance decrement was due to memory decay across time.This interpretation was later challenged by __________.

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Describe the procedure used in the Sternberg search paradigm,the standard findings,and the standard interpretation of the theoretical implications of those findings.

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Newer information interferes with older information in __________.

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In recall performance,the elevated recall of the first few items in a list (presumably because the items have the greatest chance of being transferred to LTM) is referred to as the __________.

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Which is NOT true?

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DLPFC is __________.(Choose the best answer.)

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Under what circumstances do people with smaller working memory spans outperform people with larger working memory spans?

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Which of the following is NOT affected by working memory span size?

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People will remember less from a list of words that sound similar than a list of words that sound different.

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In a dual-task procedure,Logie had participants do mental addition or an imaging task as one task and a letter span or visual span task as the other task.The results __________.

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Retroactive interference is __________.

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Which of the following effect s is NOT a hallmark of the visuospatial sketchpad?

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