Exam 2

Question 1

Atkinson & Shiffrin

Answer 1

Short-term memory model

Question 2

Short-term memory model

Answer 2

Sensory input > short-term memory > if rehearsal then long-term memory, otherwise is output

Question 3

Short-term memory Storage Duration

Answer 3

Passive temporary memory system. ~15 seconds

Question 4

Miller

Answer 4

Digit span task. Magic number 7 (+ or - 2)

Question 5

Luck and Vogel

Answer 5

Change detection task

Question 6

Change detection task

Answer 6

Indicate whether the second display is the same as the first. After 3 or 4 stimuli, performance drops.

Question 7

How storage duration can be increased

Answer 7

Reheasal

Question 8

Chunking

Answer 8

Grouping items together. ex: phone number

Question 9

Alvarez & Cavanagh

Answer 9

“Amount” of information better than “number of items”. More detailed items not as easily remembered (think about the squares, characters, blobs, and cubes)

Question 10

Baddeley & Hitch

Answer 10

Working Memory Model

Question 11

Working memory

Answer 11

Limited-capacity system for temporary storage and manipulation of information for complex tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning

Question 12

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Answer 12

Part of the Working Memory Model. We can image spatial information

Question 13

Phonological Loop

Answer 13

Part of the Working Memory Model. Temporarily holds verbal and auditory information. (Think about the words with “the” repeating)

Question 14

Short term memory

Answer 14

Holds information for a brief period of time

Question 15

Working memory

Answer 15

Concerned with storage (encoding), processing (maintenance and retrieval), and manipulation of information. Is active during complex cognition.