Quiz #4 Questions and Answers Flashcards
Depth of processing theory provides
an explanation of memory functioning
When performance of an earlier task is interfered with by the learning of a second, more recent task, what has occurred?
retroactive interference
In a working memory experiment, subjects are read a list of six words and are asked to remember them fifteen seconds later. Subjects will do better if the words are short (tin, lip, tap) than if the words are long (peppermint, liberate, forensic). This finding has been interpreted as evidence for the limited capacity of
the phonological loop
The English language has approximately how many phonemes?
40
To what does the “magical number seven” refer?
the capacity of short-term memory
In reasoning, ________________ is a strategy that is more efficient but less accurate than is ____________ for reaching a solution.
a heuristic; an algorithm
You are walking down the street with your friend Max, and you pass a man who is easily seven feet tall. Max turns to you and says, “I bet that guy is a professional basketball player.”
Max’s conclusion is based on application of the
representativeness heuristic
You are walking down the street with your friend Max, and you pass a man who is easily seven feet tall. Max turns to you and says, “I bet that guy is a professional basketball player.”
What error is Max making when he arrives at this conclusion?
base-rate fallacy
It was last spring. I had just studied for the Advanced GRE in Psychology and had done quite well on it.” This would be an example of
episodic memory
The quarterback of a college football team is knocked unconscious on the vary last play, just before time expires. The next day he feels fine, but he does not remember any part of the game. This is an example of
retrograde amnesia
