Chapter 5 | Information Processing Theory: Encoding and Storage

Question 1

You will more than likely see “XXX XXX XXX” as three groups of “X” rather than one group of nine “X”s. This example illustrates which of the following Gestalt Laws?

Answer 1

proximity

Question 2

You’ve read this item and you’re sitting pondering it. The place in your information processing system where this active “pondering” primarily takes place is the ____________ memory.

Answer 2

working

Question 3

Hank is learning the names of the states that border his home state. What kind of knowledge is Hank learning?

Answer 3

Declarative

Question 4

It stores information from the world in its original sensory form for only an instant

Answer 4

sensory memory

Question 5

If Rhonda wants to use maintenance rehearsal to keep information in working memory, which of the following will she do?

Answer 5

“The tracking number is 805589, 805589, 805589, 805589.”

Question 6

Rico, eager to see his final grades for the semester, accesses his school’s secure Web site almost without thinking about the steps he’s taking to log in. What kind of implicit memory is he using?

Answer 6

Procedural

Question 7

The basic purpose of chunking as a memory strategy is to

Answer 7

reduce the amount of information to be stored in the working memory.

Question 8

Which one of the following persons most clearly illustrates the concept of elaboration?

Answer 8

John recognizes that he can use percentages in calculating his team’s batting average.

Question 9

In order to understand the large amounts of information inherent in complex concepts, people must develop structures or patterns called

Answer 9

schemas.

Question 10

Based on the serial-position effect, what group of letters of the alphabet should be the most difficult to remember for someone who is first learning the alphabet?

Answer 10

MNO