Quiz 3 Flashcards
When does divided attention cause performance deficits?
When the resources required exceed attentional capacity
Patient PV had a phonological STM deficit. According to Baddeley, what was she still able to do?
- Use and understand language in most situations
- Function successfully in everyday life
- Remember new pairs of known words, but not unknown words
What did Hatano and Osawa (1983a, b) discover about experienced abacus users?
They have extremely high digit spans because their phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad work together
How did Simons and Levin (1998) define change blindness?
The failure to detect that a visual object has moved, changed, or been replaced by another object
You’re trying to remember the names of past World Series winners by imagining each team’s name along your route to work, in the order they won. What strategy are you using?
The method of Loci
The Von Restorff effect refers to:
Better memory for a distinctive word in the middle of a list
Jane creates a story by connecting words she needs to remember, and this helps her recall the list. What technique is she using?
The story mnemonic
What is inhibitory control?
The capability to suppress irrelevant or impulsive responses to improve goal-directed behavior
How is retrieval practice defined in memory research?
Actively recalling information to strengthen retention
What did Kane & Engle (2000) find when studying word recall?
Lower span participants were less able to resist interference from the earlier word lists compared to higher span participants
