Chapter 5

According to the activity-silent working memory model, neurons fire ________.

at stimulus input and remembering

What is a key function of the phonological loop?

to prevent decay

Which of the following has the shortest rate of decay?

an exit sign

When you go to the movies, how many distinct stimuli are being registered by your sensory memory each second?

24

Funahashi and Stokes both focused on which concept relating to memory?

delay

Remembering a fun family trip to the beach when you were six years old requires recalling a(n) ________ memory from ________ memory.

episodic; long-term

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as _____ is to _____.

vision; sound

When you're trying to understand what your professor is talking about in a lecture, which of the following is LEAST important to aid this process?

visuospatial sketch pad

Suppose someone has told you a phone number, and you're repeating it over and over again to yourself with the hope that you'll remember it before you dial the number. This example is a type of a ___ called ___.

control process; rehearsal

Which of the following likely led early telephone companies to create phone numbers using the format 213-555-1234 rather than a format such as 21776-551873-0633295?

digit span

___ has helped to bolster the idea that the ___ is important for holding information for brief periods of time.

the delayed-response task; prefrontal cortex

Suppose you're shown five rows containing five letters each. You're then told to recall only one row of letters. In doing so, you're utilizing ___.

the partial report method

Which of the following terms does NOT reflect Baddeley and Hitch's concept of working memory?

unlimited

If memory can be seen as a crowded city, what is the central executive?

a bus dispatcher

Currently, it is generally believed that the upper limit for short-term memory is ___.

about 4 items

According to Baddeley, the central executive controls ________.

attention

Which of the following will most engage the visuospatial sketch pad?

building a birdhouse

Daneman and Carpenter's research on reading span looked at differences in memory ________ among individuals.

capacity

By listing numbers as (212) 555-1234, telephone companies use which technique to help people remember their own and others' phone numbers?

chunking

What distinguishes working memory from short-term memory?

complexity

Which of the following student names is least likely to be remembered by a substitute teacher?

ekaterina kornikova

Which of the following will likely NOT advance beyond sensory memory?

firefly's glow

If someone is showing perseveration, then they've likely had damage to the ___ lobe of the brain.

frontal

Which of the following will present the greatest challenge for storing in short-term memory?

plaid polygons

While taking this quiz, you are relying on which of the following?

semantic memory

The trail left by a moving sparkler is an example of the ___ at work.

sensory memory

According to Broadbent, where does the process of rehearsal take place?

short-term memory

According to the phonological similarity effect, we're more likely to confuse words or letters that ___ similar. For example, "F" is more likely to be misidentified as ___.

sound; "S"

At this point in time, what is considered the primary function of the episodic buffer?

strong information

According to Stokes's model of activity-silent working memory, where is energy being directed during the silent state?

synapses