Memory and language

Question 1

We rely on ………….. to remember words/numbers etc?

Answer 1

Some kind of phonological voice in our head

Question 2

We tend to remember which letters the best?

Answer 2

The first two (primacy effect) and the last two words (recency effect).

Question 3

Baddeley (1993)?

Answer 3

There is a phonological loop which consists of a phonological store, plus a rehearsal mechanism.
A second function of this mechanism is to convert written words into a phonological code.

Question 4

What can interfere with comprehension in regards to the phonological loop?

Answer 4

Articulatory suppression

Question 5

Working memory capacity is….?

Answer 5

Limited to the amount of processing it can undertake

Question 6

Miller (1956) suggested?

Answer 6

That the working memory is only capable of holding about 7 pieces of information

Question 7

Baddeley suggested that the working memory is controlled by?

Answer 7

A central executive which determines how much attention a particular processing task demands.

Question 8

Automatic processes place ……. demands on working memory?

Answer 8

Few

Question 9

Unfamiliar processes places …….. demands on working memory?

Answer 9

high

Question 10

Unfamiliar processes require…..?

Answer 10

Conscious attention