COG EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Suppose you are having a phone conversation with a customer service representative
who gives you a ticket number to retain for your records. Then, after being passed on to
another representative, you are prompted to provide your ticket number but are unable
to recall it. This most likely occurred because the number was only stored in your -
ANSWER short-term memory
It is easier to perform two tasks simultaneously if ANSWER one is dealt with by the
visuospatial sketch pad and one dealt with by the phonological loop.
According to the model of working memory, which of the following mental activities
would LEAST interfere with people's driving performance while driving an automobile
on an unfamiliar, curving road? - ANSWER Attempting to remember what a word they
recently heard meant
Which of the following characteristics of a stimulus places the greatest demand on the
processing capacity of short-term memory? - ANSWER complexity
Which of the following would be an appropriate metaphor for the staff working in the air
traffic control tower at a busy airport? - ANSWER central executive
Which of the following terms does NOT reflect the concept of control processes? -
ANSWER sensory
Chantal has damage to the frontal lobe. She is engaging in a problem-solving task where
she has to pick the red object from amongst several options. She can easily do this
repeatedly and, when the experimenter reminds her that on the new trial of the task she
should pick the blue one, she continues to pick the red one, even after the experimenter
tells her she is wrong. Chantal is exhibiting -.
A person who is activating their visuospatial sketch pad is likely to say which of the
,following? - ANSWER "I can see it in my mind's eye."
Which of the following stimuli will last longer in the receiver's sensory memory? -
ANSWER A lion's roar at the zoo
Imagine walking from your car, bus stop, or dorm to your first class. Which of the
following aspects of working memory would rely on your ability to make such an image
in your mind? - ANSWER The visuospatial sketch pad
Jason quickly looked at his phone's map to head to his job interview then took a left and
ran down the block so that he wasn't late. Stokes says that Jason's ability to recall the
directions as he's running is because of ________. - ANSWER an activity state followed
by a synaptic state
Research indicates that the capacity of the short-term memory is - ANSWER rather
small, holding about only seven items at one time.
Peterson and Peterson studied how well participants can remember three-letter
combinations like BRT or QSD following a variety of delay intervals. Subjects recalled an
average of 80% after 3 seconds but only 10% after 18 seconds. The Petersons viewed
this decline in performance as due to _______________, but later research showed that it
was actually because of _______________. - ANSWER decay, interference
A property of control processes in the modal model of memory is that they - ANSWER
may differ from one task to another.
Sperling's delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that - ANSWER
information in sensory memory fades within one or two seconds
Before Jamal went to the grocery store, he quickly made a list in his head of the few
items he needed to cook dinner. Driving to the store, he repeated the list over and over
to himself so that he wouldn't forget anything. How would Broadbent describe what
Jamal did in the car? - ANSWER Rehearsal in short-term memory
, Which of the following terms most accurately indicates the central idea of echoic
memory? - ANSWER Time
Working memory differs from short-term memory in that -ANS working memory is
involved in processing information.
When a light from the flashlight is swung rapidly from side to side on a wall in a
darkened room, it appears to observers as if there exists a streak of light crossing the
wall even though, objectively speaking, the light is present in only one position at any
one time. This is a result of memory due to GLuint ANSWER persistence of vision
Suppose you are on a call with a customer service representative who provides you with
a ticket number for your records. You get transferred to a different representative who
then asks for your ticket number, but you have forgotten it. This most likely occurred
because the number was only temporarily stored in your - ANSWER short-term memory
Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of short-term memory? - ANSWER
Short-term memory maintains an exact replica of all sensory input
According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model, rehearsal is involved in which of the
following processes of memory? - ANSWER transferring information from short-term
into long-term memory
The amount of information that can be held in short-term memory is - ANSWER
somewhat limited, holding only about seven items at a time in some research findings.
Which of the following does NOT describe the concept of control processes? - ANSWER
Sensory
The duration of short-term memory is -, if rehearsal is not allowed. - ANSWER 15-20
seconds or less.
Suppose you are having a phone conversation with a customer service representative
who gives you a ticket number to retain for your records. Then, after being passed on to
another representative, you are prompted to provide your ticket number but are unable
to recall it. This most likely occurred because the number was only stored in your -
ANSWER short-term memory
It is easier to perform two tasks simultaneously if ANSWER one is dealt with by the
visuospatial sketch pad and one dealt with by the phonological loop.
According to the model of working memory, which of the following mental activities
would LEAST interfere with people's driving performance while driving an automobile
on an unfamiliar, curving road? - ANSWER Attempting to remember what a word they
recently heard meant
Which of the following characteristics of a stimulus places the greatest demand on the
processing capacity of short-term memory? - ANSWER complexity
Which of the following would be an appropriate metaphor for the staff working in the air
traffic control tower at a busy airport? - ANSWER central executive
Which of the following terms does NOT reflect the concept of control processes? -
ANSWER sensory
Chantal has damage to the frontal lobe. She is engaging in a problem-solving task where
she has to pick the red object from amongst several options. She can easily do this
repeatedly and, when the experimenter reminds her that on the new trial of the task she
should pick the blue one, she continues to pick the red one, even after the experimenter
tells her she is wrong. Chantal is exhibiting -.
A person who is activating their visuospatial sketch pad is likely to say which of the
,following? - ANSWER "I can see it in my mind's eye."
Which of the following stimuli will last longer in the receiver's sensory memory? -
ANSWER A lion's roar at the zoo
Imagine walking from your car, bus stop, or dorm to your first class. Which of the
following aspects of working memory would rely on your ability to make such an image
in your mind? - ANSWER The visuospatial sketch pad
Jason quickly looked at his phone's map to head to his job interview then took a left and
ran down the block so that he wasn't late. Stokes says that Jason's ability to recall the
directions as he's running is because of ________. - ANSWER an activity state followed
by a synaptic state
Research indicates that the capacity of the short-term memory is - ANSWER rather
small, holding about only seven items at one time.
Peterson and Peterson studied how well participants can remember three-letter
combinations like BRT or QSD following a variety of delay intervals. Subjects recalled an
average of 80% after 3 seconds but only 10% after 18 seconds. The Petersons viewed
this decline in performance as due to _______________, but later research showed that it
was actually because of _______________. - ANSWER decay, interference
A property of control processes in the modal model of memory is that they - ANSWER
may differ from one task to another.
Sperling's delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that - ANSWER
information in sensory memory fades within one or two seconds
Before Jamal went to the grocery store, he quickly made a list in his head of the few
items he needed to cook dinner. Driving to the store, he repeated the list over and over
to himself so that he wouldn't forget anything. How would Broadbent describe what
Jamal did in the car? - ANSWER Rehearsal in short-term memory
, Which of the following terms most accurately indicates the central idea of echoic
memory? - ANSWER Time
Working memory differs from short-term memory in that -ANS working memory is
involved in processing information.
When a light from the flashlight is swung rapidly from side to side on a wall in a
darkened room, it appears to observers as if there exists a streak of light crossing the
wall even though, objectively speaking, the light is present in only one position at any
one time. This is a result of memory due to GLuint ANSWER persistence of vision
Suppose you are on a call with a customer service representative who provides you with
a ticket number for your records. You get transferred to a different representative who
then asks for your ticket number, but you have forgotten it. This most likely occurred
because the number was only temporarily stored in your - ANSWER short-term memory
Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of short-term memory? - ANSWER
Short-term memory maintains an exact replica of all sensory input
According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model, rehearsal is involved in which of the
following processes of memory? - ANSWER transferring information from short-term
into long-term memory
The amount of information that can be held in short-term memory is - ANSWER
somewhat limited, holding only about seven items at a time in some research findings.
Which of the following does NOT describe the concept of control processes? - ANSWER
Sensory
The duration of short-term memory is -, if rehearsal is not allowed. - ANSWER 15-20
seconds or less.
