Question 1

According to Sternberg, the best description of short-term memory search is that it is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   parallel
B)   serial self-terminating
C)   serial exhaustive
D)   serial incrementiveE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Anorthoscopic perception involves the process of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   anthropomorphizing perception
B)   attending to information in iconic memory
C)   remembering human faces
D)   integrating information in iconic memoryE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

What is the purpose of a distractor task in short-term memory studies?

Accepted Answer

A)   to keep people from actively rehearsing information
B)   to draw attention to the task at hand
C)   to increase the amount of information people keep in short-term memory
D)   to distract people from the purpose of the study and reduce expectancy effectsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Anorthoscopic perception implies that people __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   need to move their eyes to create a complete mental representation
B)   do not integrate information using retinal coordinates
C)   do not notice changes in the environment
D)   integrate information in iconic memory to perceive more than is present at one point in timeE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

What process did Sternberg think that people went through when searching for information in short-term memory?

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Question 6

What is the typical duration of information in short-term memory, provided there is no active rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A)   250 ms
B)   2 s
C)   30 s
D)   10 minE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Another name for the visual sensory register is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   sight memory
B)   sensory processing
C)   iconic memory
D)   echoic memoryE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 8

The serial position curve for accurately remembering information in short-term memory is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a u-shaped function
B)   an inverted u-shaped function
C)   an s-shaped function
D)   a step functionE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Better memory for information at the beginning of a list is called the _______ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)   primacy
B)   suffix
C)   recency
D)   serialE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following is least likely to show a primacy effect in short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   memory for pictures
B)   memory for odors
C)   memory for words
D)   a list followed by a suffixE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

According to Estes's perturbation model of serial-order memory, the reasons that mis-orderings sometimes occur during recall is that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   item-to-control node associations become activated in the wrong order 
B)   random neural noise perturbs the structure of information in short-term memory
C)   there is a loss of information about which slot an item is stored in
D)   there are gaps in a person's memoryE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

How do ordinal models account for memory for serial order?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The primacy effect is typically attributed to information in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   short-term memory
B)   long-term memory
C)   transition
D)   interference-free memoryE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Which do you think is the best theory of serial order memory, and why?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

What activity is most likely to disrupt short-term memory for a shopping list?

Accepted Answer

A)   talking to a friend
B)   doing maze puzzles
C)   riding a bicycle
D)   listening to a symphonyE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

The term "iconic memory" refers to what?

Accepted Answer

A)   the visual sensory register
B)   visual processing in general
C)   symbolic memory in vision
D)   stereotypical memory processesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Short-term memory forgetting is likely caused by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   decay processes
B)   capacity limitations
C)   interference
D)   inappropriate chainingE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Iconic memory lasts for _______, while echoic memory lasts for _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   ¼ seconds; 4 seconds
B)   4 seconds; ¼ seconds
C)   2 seconds; 8 seconds
D)   8 seconds; 2 secondsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true regarding short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   All contemporary researchers agree that short-term memory is a separate memory system from long-term memory.
B)   Previous items cannot affect forgetting of new items in short-term memory.
C)   Short-term memory has a duration of about 10 minutes.
D)   Short-term memory can hold about 7 pieces of information.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Trans-saccadic memory is likely to be __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   retinally based
B)   object file oriented
C)   spatially based
D)   binocularE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Exam 4: Sensory and Short-Term Memory

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