EXP Exam 2 questions WITH WELL VERIFIED ANSWER

EXP4604 2026 Exam 2 questions WITH WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Chapter 4 - answer☑️✔️..



Memory - answer☑️✔️..Storage of information and past experiences.



What are the 3 stages of memory? - answer☑️✔️..-Encoding (transform info)

-Storage (retain info for later)

-Retrieval (recover info for use)



Atkinson & Shiffrin Model - answer☑️✔️..



What increases STM duration? - answer☑️✔️..Rehearsal (repetition of information)



Effects on STM Capacity - answer☑️✔️..-Proactive Interference (& release)

-Serial Position Effect (primacy, recency)



Proactive Interference - answer☑️✔️..Old information blocks new information.



Serial Position Effect - answer☑️✔️..Likelihood item remembered depends on position in list.



Primacy Effect - answer☑️✔️..Superior recall for first items on list



Recency Effect - answer☑️✔️..Superior recall for last items on list

, How is WM (working memory) different from STM (short term memory)? - answer☑️✔️..WM
actively uses and manipulates info, STM just stores it



Working Memory (WM) - answer☑️✔️..Active system that processes and uses info



Phonological Loop - answer☑️✔️..Limited storage for sounds & language



Use of Phonological Loop - answer☑️✔️..-Subvocalization / Self-Instruction

-Learning language tasks

-Math calculations



Acoustic Confusion - answer☑️✔️..The effect caused when a person's verbal memory mishears
or misremembers a word and then only recalls the similar sounding substituted word in their
verbal recall.



Visuospatial Sketchpad - answer☑️✔️..-Holds visual & spatial info

-Can function simultaneously with Phonological Loop



Central Executive - answer☑️✔️..Controls attention and directs tasks (does not store, only uses
info).



Episodic Buffer - answer☑️✔️..-Combines info from LTM (long term memory) + VS
(visuospatial sketchpad) + PL (phonological loop)

-Binds info together

-Temporary storage

-Integrate between modalities