Question 1

Primary memory is a term used to mean ______ memory.

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The answer of Primary memory is a term used to...

Question 2

George Sperling (1960)  demonstrated the hypothetical existence of iconic memory or visual sensory memory.Regarding this experiment, which of the following statements is true?

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A)  Participants in the partial-report condition could remember 3 from that line, suggesting that 9 letters were accessible visually at the time of recall.
B)  The whole-report technique led to a greater estimate of letters that were visually accessible.
C)  More information was accessible when echoic memory was used than when iconic memory was used.
D)  No information was accessible when echoic memory was used.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 3

Word length does not affect memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

According to George Miller, the capacity of working memory is estimated to be:

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A)  7 plus or minus 2.
B)  8 plus or minus 1.
C)  exactly 4.
D)  there is no limit to its capacity.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

PET and fMRI data show that working memory functions are housed in the:

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A)  amygdale.
B)  occipital lobe.
C)  angular gyrus.
D)  pre-frontal lobe.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The neural structures and which processes make up the working memory.

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A)  cognitive
B)  behavioral
C)  memory
D)  structuralE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The term for repeating information over and over is called:

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A)  maintenance rehearsal.
B)  rehearsal.
C)  elaborative rehearsal.
D)  attention rehearsal.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

An experimenter presents a list of words for participants to free recall in any order.She uses two conditions-one in which the words are read slowly and one in which the words are read fast.You should expect her to find:

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A)  reduced recency effects for both lists.
B)  the list read slower should show no recency effect.
C)  the list read faster should show reduced primacy effects.
D)  reduced primacy effects for both lists.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Strayer and his colleagues have found:

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A)  that cell-phone use during driving always causes accidents.
B)  that cell-phone use during driving causes more accidents relative to non-cell phone use when hazards are present that people react more slowly to.
C)  that cell-phone use during driving cause more accidents relative to non-cell use when the driver is otherwise distracted by other stimuli.
D)  that cell-phone use during driving is only detrimental in older drivers.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

The Duration of Information in Working Memory is defined as the amount of time information will remain in working memory if not:

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A)  maintained.
B)  rehearsed.
C)  exercised.
D)  elaborated.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

An episodic buffer links two systems together and is activated when meaning needs to be extracted from the:

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A)  episodic memory.
B)  n-back task.
C)  phonological loop.
D)  visuospatial sketchpad.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

Research on training working memory shows that:

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A)  training working memory immediately generalizes to long-term memory tasks.
B)  by training our working memory, we can boost our ability to learn and remember facts and vocabulary words.
C)  With practice, we can improve our ability to remember digit spans and other measures of working memory, but improving on these tasks does not automatically translate to better reading comprehension.
D)  memory is really not retrainable.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

An individual was involved in a traumatic occurrence and did not seem to be able to remember more than a few words but could still maintain a working memory.However, his speech was slower than normal.The amount of time it took him to pronounce a word is called ______.

Accepted Answer

pronunciation time

Question 14

Short-term memory for a short period of time is for what kind of introspection?

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A)  unconscious
B)  subliminal
C)  conscious
D)  spiritualE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Explain the irrelevant speech effect.

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Mildly imp...

Question 16

A task that prevents maintaining of working memory is:

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A)  maintenance prevention.
B)  rehearsal prevention.
C)  elaborated prevention.
D)  exercise prevention.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The digit span task reports the amount of information that can be maintained in working memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 18

A ______ span task can only be used in specific experiments.These experiments involve memory presented by an experimenter to determine memory.

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The answer of A ______ span task can only be...

Question 19

Elaborative rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal do basically the same thing in memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Irrelevant speech has direct implications on this kind of improvement.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory
B)  rehearsal
C)  mnemonic
D)  neuronE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 3: Working Memory

Primary memory is a term used to mean ______ memory.

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George Sperling (1960) demonstrated the hypothetical existence of iconic memory or visual sensory memory.Regarding this experiment, which of the following statements is true?

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Word length does not affect memory.

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According to George Miller, the capacity of working memory is estimated to be:

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PET and fMRI data show that working memory functions are housed in the:

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The neural structures and which processes make up the working memory.

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The term for repeating information over and over is called:

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An experimenter presents a list of words for participants to free recall in any order.She uses two conditions-one in which the words are read slowly and one in which the words are read fast.You should expect her to find:

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Strayer and his colleagues have found:

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The Duration of Information in Working Memory is defined as the amount of time information will remain in working memory if not:

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An episodic buffer links two systems together and is activated when meaning needs to be extracted from the:

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Research on training working memory shows that:

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An individual was involved in a traumatic occurrence and did not seem to be able to remember more than a few words but could still maintain a working memory.However, his speech was slower than normal.The amount of time it took him to pronounce a word is called ______.

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Short-term memory for a short period of time is for what kind of introspection?

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Explain the irrelevant speech effect.

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A task that prevents maintaining of working memory is:

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The digit span task reports the amount of information that can be maintained in working memory.

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A ______ span task can only be used in specific experiments.These experiments involve memory presented by an experimenter to determine memory.

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Elaborative rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal do basically the same thing in memory.

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Irrelevant speech has direct implications on this kind of improvement.

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