Chapter 5
According to the activity-silent working memory model, neurons fire ________.
at stimulus input and remembering
Which of the following has the shortest rate of decay?
an exit sign
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
When you go to the movies, how many distinct stimuli are being registered by your sensory memory each second?
24
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
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
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
___ has helped to bolster the idea that the ___ is important for holding information for brief periods of time.
the delayed-response task; prefrontal cortex
What is a key function of the phonological loop?
to prevent decay
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