Short-Term Working Memory

Question 1

information in ______ is lost rapidly unless it is preserved through rehearsal

Answer 1

Short-term memory

Question 2

What are the two kinds of interference?

Answer 2

Proactive and Retroactive

Question 3

Short-term memory can hold about how many items?

Answer 3

Seven

Question 4

What is the “ magic number 7”?

Answer 4

how many items people can easily recall

Question 5

The number of correct items that people can immediately recall from a sequence of items is called:

Answer 5

Memory Span

Question 6

Identifying stimuli that vary along a single sensory continuum is

Answer 6

Absolute Judgement Task

Question 7

A cluster of items that have been stored as a unit in long-term memory are called :

Answer 7

Chunks

Question 8

_______ occurs when people have to divide their attention between two sources, such as the instructions and the physical objects.

Answer 8

Split Attention Effect

Question 9

A memory code based on the sound of the stimulus (STM) is called an

Answer 9

Acoustic Code

Question 10

A memory code based on the meaning of the stimulus (LTM) is called a

Answer 10

Semantic Code

Question 11

An error that sounds like the correct answer is called an

Answer 11

Acoustic Confusion

Question 12

________ are any of the basic sounds of a language that are combined to form speech.

Answer 12

Phoneme

Question 13

a set of items in STM that can be compared against a test item to determine whether the test item is stored there is called a

Answer 13

Memory Set

Question 14

A search that stops as soon as the test item is compared with all items in the memory set is called

Answer 14

Exhaustive Search

Question 15

silently speaking to one’s self is called

Answer 15

Subvocalizing

Question 16

Using different words to express the same ideas in a sentence is called

Answer 16

Paraphrasing

Question 17

A component of Baddeley’s working memory model that maintains and manipulates acoustic information is called

Answer 17

phonological loop

Question 18

A component of Baddeley’s working memory model that maintains and manipulates visual/spatial information is called

Answer 18

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Question 19

A component of Baddeley’s working memory model that manages the use of working memory is called a

Answer 19

Central Executlive

Question 20

An integration of memory codes such as combining visual and verbal codes.

Answer 20

Multimodal Code

Question 21

The use of STM as a temporary store for information needed to accomplish a particular task is called a

Answer 21

Working Memory