Chapter 5: Short Term and Sensory Memory (short quiz)
Using the partial report procedure in his "letter array" experiment, Sperling was able to infer that participants initially saw_____ of the 12 letters in the display
10
The effective duration of STM, when rehearsal is prevented, is...
15-20 seconds
Sensory memory is believed by many cognitive psychologists to be responsible for all of the following EXCEPT...
Deciding which incoming sensory information will be the focus of attention
Sperling's delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that...
Information in sensory memory fades within 1 or 2 seconds
Articulatory suppression does all of the following EXCEPT it...
Interferes with semantic coding
Given what we know about the operation of the phonological loop, which of the following word lists would be most difficult for people to retain for 15 seconds?
MAC, CAN, CAP, MAN, MAP
Which task should be easier? Keeping an image of a block letter "F" in your mind AND...
Saying "yes" for each corner that is an inside corner and "no" for each corner that is an outside corner
What are the three structural components of the modal model of memory?
Sensory memory, short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM)
A person with a reduced digit span would most likely have a problem with...
Short Term Memory (STM)
Working memory differs from short-term memory in that...
Working memory is concerned with the manipulation of information
