Concept Quiz 7.2 Flashcards
According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory, information flows through three stages. What is the correct flow of information in this model?
Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
____ codes are used to process touch and other body senses.
Haptic
The ability to remember seven numbers plus or minus two was first identified by psychologist ______.
George Miller
Which of the following is an adaptation of the short-term memory model that involves the active manipulation of multiple types of information simultaneously?
Working memory
___ rehearsal is simple repetition of the material.
Maintenance
Superior recall are the first items of the list is known as the ____.
Primacy Effect
The first stage of Atkinson-Shiffrin model involves the retention of large amounts of incoming data for very brief amounts of time. This is called ____.
Sensory Memory
The ability to remember numbers plus or minus two refers to the _____.
Capacity of short-term memory
Carlos asks Laura to write down her phone number and email address. He promptly loses the slip of paper. However, he finds that he can still remember them both. This is possible because _____.
Working memory can manage more than one type of information at a time
Long-term memory is characterized by ____.
Unlimited duration and unlimited capacity
In most cases, information moves from short-term or working memory to long-term memory through ___.
Rehearsal
A graph of the serial position effect, where the likelihood that an item will be recalled is plotted as a function of the item’s position in a list during presentation, take the shape of a ___.
U-shaped curve
