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1. What is Working Memory? Answer: A more updated version of your short term
memory by Baddeley -- It is where your sensory memory is transferred when paid attention to and
then is allocated by the Central Executive to its appropriate memory component -- visual or
phonological
2. What is a Memory Trace Answer: The encoded mental representation of the to-be
remembered information -- this information has not been rehearsed yet
3. How long does something typically stay in your working memory?
Answer: 20 seconds
4. What is the difference in recognition and recall? Answer: Recognition occurs
when you are assessing whether or not something is familiar. Recall occurs when you must retrieve
information from your working or long term memory and construct the memory
Recognition is much easier to do
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5. What is one criticism of the Atkinson and Shiffrin Model made by
Baddeley? Answer: - Baddeley argued that the Atkinson and Shittrin Model was not in-depth
enough in regards to the "short term memory." He argued that A&S made it a unitary system, where al
of the sensory memory that was encoded was stored in a single place in the memory system, and
changed it to a working memory system where the Central Executive allocates sensory memory to either
the phonological loop or the visit-spatial sketchpad based on the type of information.
6. What is the serial positioning effect? What is primary, recency, and
which is more consistent? Answer: The serial positioning ettect is the tendency for people
to remember the beginning of a list (primacy) and the end of a list (recency) better than they do the
middle section. The reason that this occurs is because people tend to pay greater attention and
actively rehearse information at the beginning of a list, while also remembering the things towards the
end of the list as they have experienced less decay than the middle. If a task is added after the list,
people will still tend to remember the beginning, but the time that it takes to do the task allows for
more decay to occur and decreases the recency abilities
7. What is the basic summary of the Sperling Whole-Partial Report
test? Answer: Sperling tested subjects using 4x3 grids of letters (12 total) and would ask
participants to recite the letters that they saw based on 2 conditions. The Whole Report condition
occurred when the subject was to report as many of the letters as they could out of the entire 12
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PSY 420 Exam 2 Comprehensive
Questions with Verified Answers
Graded A100% Guaranteed
1. What is Working Memory? Answer: A more updated version of your short term
memory by Baddeley -- It is where your sensory memory is transferred when paid attention to and
then is allocated by the Central Executive to its appropriate memory component -- visual or
phonological
2. What is a Memory Trace Answer: The encoded mental representation of the to-be
remembered information -- this information has not been rehearsed yet
3. How long does something typically stay in your working memory?
Answer: 20 seconds
4. What is the difference in recognition and recall? Answer: Recognition occurs
when you are assessing whether or not something is familiar. Recall occurs when you must retrieve
information from your working or long term memory and construct the memory
Recognition is much easier to do
1/
15
, Contact for any academic assistanc
5. What is one criticism of the Atkinson and Shiffrin Model made by
Baddeley? Answer: - Baddeley argued that the Atkinson and Shittrin Model was not in-depth
enough in regards to the "short term memory." He argued that A&S made it a unitary system, where al
of the sensory memory that was encoded was stored in a single place in the memory system, and
changed it to a working memory system where the Central Executive allocates sensory memory to either
the phonological loop or the visit-spatial sketchpad based on the type of information.
6. What is the serial positioning effect? What is primary, recency, and
which is more consistent? Answer: The serial positioning ettect is the tendency for people
to remember the beginning of a list (primacy) and the end of a list (recency) better than they do the
middle section. The reason that this occurs is because people tend to pay greater attention and
actively rehearse information at the beginning of a list, while also remembering the things towards the
end of the list as they have experienced less decay than the middle. If a task is added after the list,
people will still tend to remember the beginning, but the time that it takes to do the task allows for
more decay to occur and decreases the recency abilities
7. What is the basic summary of the Sperling Whole-Partial Report
test? Answer: Sperling tested subjects using 4x3 grids of letters (12 total) and would ask
participants to recite the letters that they saw based on 2 conditions. The Whole Report condition
occurred when the subject was to report as many of the letters as they could out of the entire 12
2/
15
