Chapter 5

Question 1

A chunk is

Answer 1

a richer, more complex, unit of information.

Question 2

This type of interference occurs when newer information interferes with older information.

Answer 2

Retroactive

Question 3

According to Sternberg’s task, short-term memory is scanned using what kind of process?

Answer 3

Serial-exhaustive search

Question 4

Which of the following is a component of Baddeley’s working memory model?

Answer 4

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

Question 5

Under what circumstances do people with smaller working memory spans outperform people with larger working memory spans?

Answer 5

In finding simpler solutions to problems, rather than persisting with a complex solution.

Question 6

Multiple-choice questions like this are an example of what kind of short-term memory retrieval process?

Answer 6

Recency

Question 7

Waugh and Norman’s follow up study of the Brown-Peterson task found that _______ was causing forgetting in short-term memory and not decay.

Answer 7

interference

Question 8

Which of the following effects is NOT a result of processing in the phonological loop?

Answer 8

Boundary extension

Question 9

Which part of Baddeley’s working memory system is responsible for planning future actions and initiating retrieval and decision processes?

Answer 9

central executive

Question 10

Working memory differs from short-term memory in that

Answer 10

working memory involves actively manipulating information.