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PSY246 - Cognitive Psychology Quiz on Week 3 - Working Memory, created by Daniel Whiting on 20/03/2017.

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Week 3 - Working Memory

Question 1 of 7

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Patient KF was in an accident and had a digit span of 1. His paired associate learning with a 24 hour delay was normal. What does this say about working memories relationship with long term memory?

Select one of the following:

  • Long term memory is dependant on short term memory.

  • Working memory cannot be considered the 'gateway' into long term memory.

  • Verbal IQ and performance IQ are unrelated to memory.

  • Long term memory and working memory can be considered the same thing.

Explanation

Question 2 of 7

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What are the main components of Baddeley and Hitchs' working memory model?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Central Executive

  • Phonological Loop

  • Visuo-spatial Sketchpad

  • Episodic Buffer

  • Attentional Control System

  • Executive Function

  • Visual Loop

  • Articulatory control process

Explanation

Question 3 of 7

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Conrad (1964) came to the conclusion that short-term memory uses a phonological code. What led him to this conclusion?

Select one of the following:

  • Errors in serial recall were acoustic in nature.

  • Errors in serial recall weren't related to their acoustic properties.

  • Spatial interference reduced performance on memory tasks.

  • From our experience with replaying words in our minds to remember them.

Explanation

Question 4 of 7

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Considering our use of a phonological loop for rehearsal, what predictions can be made about remembering lists of either long words or shorter words?

Select one of the following:

  • There will be more success in remembering a list of shorter words due to ease of rehearsal in the phonological loop.

  • The list of longer words will be easier to remember because of the words distinctiveness.

  • Both lists will be remembered as well as each other due to primacy and recency effects.

  • The list with longer words will be harder to remember due to varying levels of vocabulary ability within a sample.

Explanation

Question 5 of 7

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Articulatory suppression eliminates phonological similarity and word length effects for visually presented stimuli but not stimuli presented auditorily. Why is this the case?

Select one of the following:

  • Auditory stimuli proceed directly to the phonological store.

  • Auditory stimuli proceed to the phonological loop via the articulatory control process.

  • Visual information goes directly into the phonological store.

  • Visual information is not related to the phonological loop.

Explanation

Question 6 of 7

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What are the likely outcomes for each task when visual interference is applied?

Select one of the following:

  • Spatial task = success
    Visual task = fail

  • Spatial task = fail
    Visual task = fail

  • Spatial task = success
    Visual task = success

  • Spatial task = fail
    Visual task = success

Explanation

Question 7 of 7

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Contention scheduling prioritizes action schemas based on...

Select one of the following:

  • Relatedness to current goals.

  • Schemas that have been used the most.

  • Random chance.

  • Directions from executive control systems.

Explanation