Chapter 4 part 2

Question 1

In the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) study, they found that response time changed only slightly with ____ digit load but the ____ rate did not change with ____ digit load (still around 5%), which suggest that ____-____ ____ is separate from ____ ____

Answer 1

increasing; error; increasing; short-term memory; working memory

Question 2

Patient with ____ STM deficit could learn ____ language pairs but not ____ language-native language pairs

Answer 2

phonological; native; foreign

Question 3

Attentional blindness

Answer 3

Failure to observe objects or changes due to lack of attention rather than an inabilityto perceive
ex. gorrilla passing by

Question 4

Change blinndness

Answer 4

Failure to observe objects or changes due to lack of attention rather than an inability to perceive
ex. Door study (Simons and Levin, 1998)

Question 5

2 major functions of the centural executive

Answer 5

1. Direct attention to the task at hand
2. Divide attention between two or more tasks

Question 6

____ processing and imagery can interfere with one another

Answer 6

spatial

Question 7

What did the Conway, Cowan and Bunting (2001) suggest about the WMC span?

Answer 7

Participants with lower WM span has limited ability to resist interference and are more susceptible to being distracted by hearing one’s own name

Question 8

According to the study by Kane, Bleckley, Conway & Engle (2001), WMC appears to be involved in how efficient our ____ ____ of ____ is

Answer 8

Inhibitory control; attention