quiz 5 - chapter 5 - short term and working memory

Modal Model of Memory

A theoretical approach to the study of memory that emphasizes the existence of different memory stores (for example, sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory).

according to your text when students are asked the top functions for which they use their memories, all but which of the following are commonly identified? a. their daily schedule b. learning material for exams c. remembering names and phone numbers D. labeling familiar objects

D. labeling familiar objects

A property of control processes in the modal model of memory is that they a. do not require attention b. may differ from one task to another c.are difficult to modify

b. may differ from one task to another

the three structural components of the modal model of memory are a. receptors, occipital lobe, temporal lobe b. receptors, temporal lobe, frontal lobe c. sensory memory, short-term, long-term memory d. sensory memory, iconic memory, rehearsal

c. sensory memory, short-term, long-term memory

Imagine you are driving to a friend's new house. In your mind, you say the address repeatedly until you arrive. Once you arrive, you stop thinking about the address and start to think about buying a housewarming gift for your friend. To remember the address, you used a(n) _______ process in STM.

control process

Brief sensory memory for sound is known as

echoic memory

the primary effect of chunking is to

increase the efficiency of short-term memory

semantic memory

memory for knowledge about the world

Jill's friends tell her they think she has a really good memory. She finds this interesting so she decides to purposefully test her memory. Jill receives a list of to-do tasks each day at work. Usually, she checks off each item as the day progresses, but this week, she is determined to memorize the to-do lists. On Monday, Jill is proud to find that she remembers 95 percent of the tasks without referring to the list. On Tuesday, her memory drops to 80 percent, and by Thursday, she is dismayed to see her performance has declined to 20 percent. Jill's memory is declining over the course of the week because other information she encounters is "competing" with that which she memorized on Monday. This process is called

proactive memory

Information remains in sensory memory for

seconds or a fraction of a second

Remembering that a tomato is actually a fruit rather than vegetable is an example of ________ memory.

semantic

control processes

shift information from one memory store to another

proactive inference

the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

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

the length of iconic memory (the persistence of vision) is about a fraction of a second