Chapter 7

Question 1

______________ treats memory as if it is a ‘thing’ that we put somewhere and that we look for when it is needed again

Answer 1

The Structural View

Question 2

______________ examines the processes that give rise to expressions of what we think of as memory

Answer 2

The Process View

Question 3

_______________ is paying attention to information and processing it in some way (e.g. repeating a phone number to yourself)

Answer 3

Rehearsal

Question 4

The capacity of a sensory memory is __________

Answer 4

Large

Question 5

the duration of sensory memory is ____________

Answer 5

Milliseconds

Question 6

_____________ is a store of information that we are currently conscious of

Answer 6

Short-term memory

Question 7

_____________ is where we process or operate on information

Answer 7

Working Memory

Question 8

In Sperling’s experiment, a ______________ is where subjects are shown an array of letters and have to report 1 row of letters

Answer 8

Partial report

Question 9

In Sperling’s experiment, a ______________ is where subjects are shown an array of letters and have to report 3-5 letters out of the 12

Answer 9

Full Report

Question 10

_______________ is the meaning of what you’re hearing

Answer 10

Semantic code

Question 11

__________________ is demonstrated by an individual recalling a pattern they just observed

Answer 11

Visual code

Question 12

__________________ is dedicated to working memory and that serves to temporarily hold verbal information

Answer 12

Phonological code

Question 13

Short term memory has a duration of _________________.

Answer 13

About 20 seconds

Question 14

The capacity of short-term memory is “________________________”

Answer 14

“The magic number 7”

Question 15

The duration of long-term memory is _______________.

Answer 15

Permanent

Question 16

The capacity of long-term memory is ____________________.

Answer 16

Unlimited

Question 17

The _________________ is important for adding conscious memory to the long-term memory store, and once it is stored, it is not needed anymore.

Answer 17

Hippocampus

Question 18

The _________________ is responsible for controlled processing in working memory

Answer 18

Central Executive

Question 19

The ________________ stores a limited number of sounds for a particular period of time.

Answer 19

Phonological Loop

Question 20

The ___________________ refers to our ability temporarily to hold visual and spatial information (e.g. location of a parked car or the route from home to a grocery store).

Answer 20

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Question 21

The _________________a limited capacity storage system responsible for integrating information from several sources to create a unified memory

Answer 21

Episodic
Buffer

Question 22

What are the two key take away points from Brandimonte, Hitch, & Bishop?

Answer 22

1. Subjects are capable of holding an image in working memory
2. Although we have a visuospatial sketchpad, we don’t use that if we’re given a choice, we’ll go right to using the phonological loop.

Question 23

____________________ is the number of items that can be simultaneously held in working memory while performing another task

Answer 23

Working Memory Span

Question 24

__________________ is superior recall of early words

Answer 24

Primacy effect

Question 25

_______________________ is superior recall of most recent words

Answer 25

Recency effect

Question 26

___________________ measures the ability to quickly access words

Answer 26

Verbal fluency

Question 27

People with Amnesia retained ____________________ of events before surgery

Answer 27

Long-term memory