Chap 5 Exam Questions? Flashcards

(10 cards)

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Suppose someone has told you a phone number and you’re repeating is over and over again toy yourself with the hope that you’ll remember it before you dial the number. This example is a type of a ___ called ____.

A

Control process, rehearsal

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The trail left by a moving sparkler in an example of the ___ at work

A

Sensory memory

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3
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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

The partial report method

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4
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Remembering a fun family road trip when you were six years old requires recalling a(n) ___ memory from ___ memory

A

Episodic, long-term

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5
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While taking this quiz, you are relying on ___ memory

A

Semantic

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6
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According to Broadbent, where does the process of rehearsal take place?

A

STM

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7
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___ has helped bolster the idea that the ___ is important for holding information for brief periods of time

A

The delayed response task; prefrontal cortex

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8
Q

When yo go to the movies, how many distinct stimuli are being registered by your sensory memory each second?

A

24

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9
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If memory can be seen as a crowded city what is the central executive

A

A bus dispatcher

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10
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At this point in time, what is considered the primary function of the episodic buffer?

A

Storing information

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