Cognitive Psychology- Chapter 5: End-of-Chapter Quiz

Which of the following has the shortest rate of decay? a. an exit sign b. a finger snap c. a trumpet note d. an opera aria

a. an exit sign

Funahashi and Stokes both focused on which concept relating to memory? a. delay b. rotation c. decay d. imagery

a. delay

If someone is showing perseveration, then they've likely had damage to the ___ lobe of the brain. a. frontal b. parietal c. temporal d. occipital

a. frontal

If memory can be seen as a crowded city, what is the central executive? a. a main street b. a bus dispatcher c. a taxi driver d. a subway car

b. a bus dispatcher

According to Baddeley, the central executive controls ________. a. sensation b. attention c. rotation d. perseveration

b. attention

Daneman and Carpenter's research on reading span looked at differences in memory ________ among individuals. a. structure b. capacity c. buffering d. rehearsal

b. capacity

By listing numbers as (212) 555-1234, telephone companies use which technique to help people remember their own and others' phone numbers? a. mental rotation b. chunking c. digit span d. phonological similarity

b. chunking

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 ___. a. report method; rehearsal b. control process; rehearsal c. control process; chunking d. report method; chunking

b. 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? a. phonological similarity b. digit span c. articulatory rehearsal d. chunking

b. digit span

According to Broadbent, where does the process of rehearsal take place? a. central executive b. short-term memory c. working memory d. sensory memory

b. 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 ___. a. sound; "E" b. sound; "S" c. look; "E" d. look; "P"

b. sound; "S"

According to Stokes's model of activity-silent working memory, where is energy being directed during the silent state? a. axons b. synapses c. dendrites d. neurons

b. synapses

Which of the following terms does NOT reflect Baddeley and Hitch's concept of working memory? a. visual b. unlimited c. temporary d. proactive

b. unlimited

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as _____ is to _____. a. sound; vision b. vision; sound c. short-term memory; long-term memory d. long-term memory; short-term memory

b. vision; sound

When you go to the movies, how many distinct stimuli are being registered by your sensory memory each second? a. 7 b. 12 c. 24 d. 96

c. 24

Which of the following will likely NOT advance beyond sensory memory? a. a song lyric b. a shopping list c. a firefly's glow d. a friend's greeting

c. a firefly's glow

According to the activity-silent working memory model, neurons fire ________. a. at remembering and the synaptic state b. only at stimulus input c. at stimulus input and remembering d. only at remembering

c. at stimulus input and remembering

Which of the following will most engage the visuospatial sketch pad? a. painting a wall b. doing a jigsaw puzzle c. building a birdhouse d. writing a sentence

c. building a birdhouse

Remembering a fun family trip to the beach when you were six years old requires recalling a(n) ________ memory from ________ memory. a. semantic; procedural b. procedural; episodic c. episodic; long-term d. semantic; working

c. episodic; long-term

The trail left by a moving sparkler is an example of the ___ at work. a. short-term memory b. long-term memory c. sensory memory d. visuospatial sketch pad

c. sensory memory

At this point in time, what is considered the primary function of the episodic buffer? a. controlling processes b. accelerating processes c. storing information d. sorting information

c. storing information

Which of the following student names is least likely to be remembered by a substitute teacher? a. Prab Banerjee b. Carlos Ortiz c. James Fontana d. Ekaterina Kornikova

d. Ekaterina Kornikova

___ has helped to bolster the idea that the ___ is important for holding information for brief periods of time. a. Episodic buffering; parietal lobe b. Episodic buffering; prefrontal cortex c. The delayed-response task; parietal lobe d. The delayed-response task; prefrontal cortex

d. The delayed-response task; prefrontal cortex

Currently, it is generally believed that the upper limit for short-term memory is ___. a. limitless b. 7 plus or minus 2 items c. between 10 and14 items d. about 4 items

d. about 4 items

What distinguishes working memory from short-term memory? a. location b. stimuli c. speed d. complexity

d. complexity

Which of the following will present the greatest challenge for storing in short-term memory? a. yellow cubes b. colored circles c. striped boxes d. plaid polygons

d. plaid polygons

While taking this quiz, you are relying on which of the following? a. iconic memory b. sensory memory c. executive memory d. semantic memory

d. semantic memory

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 ___. a. persistence of vision b. the whole report method c. the delayed partial report method d. the partial report method

d. the partial report method

What is a key function of the phonological loop? a. to fire neurons b. to increase capacity c. to rotate images d. to prevent decay

d. to prevent decay

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? a. phonological loop b. phonological store c. articulatory rehearsal d. visuospatial sketch pad

d. visuospatial sketch pad