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According to the chapter, why is working memory so important?…
According to the chapter, why is working memory so important?
Question 1 options:
It stores all information in a single system, treating auditory, visual and other types of information the same.
It keeps some information active in the mind so that we can use this information to accomplish tasks.
It stores information indefinitely, allowing us to recall information when it’s needed much later.
It provides a perfect record of all recently experienced information.
Question 2 (1 point)
According to George Miller’s theory of short-term memory (the magic number 7), we should be able to:
Question 2 options:
Remember the same amount of information, whether the items being remembered are related to each other or not.
Remember seven words, no matter how long these words are or how related they are.
Remember seven syllables worth of information.
Remember seven “chunks” of information, where chunks are based on what we an naturally group together.
Question 3 (1 point)
One of the findings discussed in the chapter is the recency effect in memory. This effect occurs because:
Question 3 options:
items that occurred in the near past are likely still in working memory.
these items pass directly into long-term memory, without having to go through working memory.
the capacity of short-term memory is limitless, so we can easily store all recent information.
the most important information usually comes at the end of lists.
Question 4 (1 point)
Suppose that a professor asks the students in her class to say their names out loud (one at a time) on the first day of class. Then she asks them to write down as many of their classmates’ names as they can recall. Then she constructs a graph that shows “Number of correct responses” on the Y-axis and “Serial position (order) of the name” on the X-axis. The shape of the graph will be:
Question 4 options:
A straight line, with better accuracy for the earlier names.
A U-shape, with better accuracy for the earliest and latest names.
A flat line, with approximately the same memory for all names, no matter their order.
A straight line, with better accuracy for the later names.
Question 5 (1 point)
One distinction between theories of short-term memory and working memory is:
Question 5 options:
Working memory is an active maintenance process; short-term memory is passive storage.
Working memory occurs in the occipital lobe of the brain; short-term memory occurs in the parietal lobe.
Working memory has a large capacity; short-term memory has a small capacity.
Working memory is part of long-term memory; short-term memory relates to things only briefly stored.
Question 6 (1 point)
What is the difference between the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad?
Question 6 options:
The phonological loop stores verbal information; the visuospatial sketchpad stores visual information.
There is no difference; they’re two names for the same thing.
People with ADHD have problems with their phonological loop, but not their visuospatial sketchpad.
The phonological loop is a long-term memory system; the visuospatial sketchpad is a short-term memory system.
Question 7 (1 point)
What happens to working memory in people suffering from depression?
Question 7 options:
They often show worse working memory abilities.
They develop amnesia and can’t store short-term memories.
Their working memory stays about the same; working memory and depression are two very different things.
They often show better working memory abilities.
Question 8 (1 point)
What the heck is an episodic buffer?
Question 8 options:
The rehearsal strategy that people use to remember information like phone numbers.
The place where working memory for smells is stored.
A system that combines different types of information in working memory so it can be integrated to solve complex tasks.
A fancy name for long-term memory.
Question 9 (1 point)
When we have to do two tasks that both involve working memory….
Question 9 options:
the tasks will interfere if they are similar, like two verbal tasks.
the tasks show the same interference even if they’re very different.
the tasks interfere only if we have ADHD.
the tasks never interfere, because working memory lets us multitask.
Question 10
Release from proactive interference refers to:
Question 10 options:
memory for more recently heard information is better than for older information.
changing the topic of the information being remembered makes memory performance get much worse.
memory relies on chunking of information.
remembering new information is hard, unless that new information is very different from what was previously remembered.
