Chapter 7

Question 1

modality specific sensory memory stores

Answer 1

;Perceived information may initially be stored in modality specific sensory memory stores from which attention can select the information that is relevant to current intentions and goals

Question 2

rapid serial visual presentation

Answer 2

;Seeing a bunch of things quickly

Question 3

Attentional blink

Answer 3

;The attentional blink is when you miss noticing something important like a word or image if it appears shortly after another important thing because your attention is still focused on the first thing

Question 4

Memory

Answer 4

;refers to various kinds of representations of information that are retained in different formats and processed in different stores

Question 5

Implicit memory tests

Answer 5

;indirectly assess memory by presenting tasks that do not seem to be related to the information presented during the learning episode Performance on these tasks may be influenced by whether that information is retained in some form of memory

Question 6

The partial report superiority effect

Answer 6

;shows that all items from a briefly flashed array are initially stored in some kind of memory buffer in which they may reside for up to 800 ms