Memory 1

Question 1

Which statement about the short-term sensory store (STSS) is correct?

Answer 1

Evidence for the existence of the STSS was provided by George Sperling.

Question 2

Which statement about the U-shaped serial-position curve is correct?

Answer 2

Proactive interference makes it harder to remember the first items.

Question 3

How does information get from the short-term sensory store into short-term memory?

Answer 3

Tuning out unimportant things.

Information that is important (e.g., one’s own name) can enter short-term memory without prior attention being directed to it (cocktail party phenomenon).

Focusing on what’s important (selective attention).