HSCO 511 EXAM 2 FULL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Definition of information processing. Answer: continuum from
attention through problem solving and including memory
◉ How information travels through the Atkinson-Shriffin Model of
Memory. Answer:
◉ What happens in the three general steps of memory: encoding,
storage, and retrieval. Answer: encoding=Sensory memory (see,
touch, smell), storage=Working memory (visual sketchpad,
phonological loop, episodic buffer, central executive),
retrieval=episodic, semantic, procedural)
◉ Is human memory comparable to a computer? Why or why not?.
Answer: No; humans are much less accurate and reliable
◉ Definition of sensory memory. Answer: all sensory information is
held here for a very brief amount of time
◉ Definition of short-term memory. Answer: small fraction of
sensory memory moves here (STM)
,◉ How much information can be stored in short. Answer: term
memory? For about how long?-Small amount of info (7+/- 2 bits)
can be held for a short time (30 sec. or less)
◉ Definition of chunking. Answer: putting info into meaningful
chunks
◉ Definition of working memory. Answer: similar to STM; multiple
types of info can be actively manipulated
◉ The components of working memory:. Answer: visuospatial
sketchpad, phonological loop, episodic buffer, and central executive
(and how they interact)
◉ Visuospatial sketchpad. Answer: remembering and manipulating
things we see
◉ Phonological loop. Answer: rehearsal of auditory info
◉ Episodic buffer. Answer: links different info together and
combines it with info from LTM
◉ Central Executive. Answer: directs appropriate amount of
attention to each component (decides when to use what)
, ◉ anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Answer: involved with working
memory
◉ prefrontal cortex. Answer: damage leads to problems sorting
things (can't change courses)
◉ hippocampus. Answer: spatial memory
◉ basal ganglia. Answer: involved w/ procedural memories
(Parkinson's/Huntington's=hard time learning new tasks
◉ amygdala. Answer: fear
◉ Definition of levels of processing theory. Answer: deeper levels of
processing lead to greater likelihood of that being in the LTM
◉ What are some ways information can be learned more deeply (as
opposed to superficially?). Answer: make it relevant to yourself,
◉ Does exposure to something always increase our memory of it?.
Answer: No
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Definition of information processing. Answer: continuum from
attention through problem solving and including memory
◉ How information travels through the Atkinson-Shriffin Model of
Memory. Answer:
◉ What happens in the three general steps of memory: encoding,
storage, and retrieval. Answer: encoding=Sensory memory (see,
touch, smell), storage=Working memory (visual sketchpad,
phonological loop, episodic buffer, central executive),
retrieval=episodic, semantic, procedural)
◉ Is human memory comparable to a computer? Why or why not?.
Answer: No; humans are much less accurate and reliable
◉ Definition of sensory memory. Answer: all sensory information is
held here for a very brief amount of time
◉ Definition of short-term memory. Answer: small fraction of
sensory memory moves here (STM)
,◉ How much information can be stored in short. Answer: term
memory? For about how long?-Small amount of info (7+/- 2 bits)
can be held for a short time (30 sec. or less)
◉ Definition of chunking. Answer: putting info into meaningful
chunks
◉ Definition of working memory. Answer: similar to STM; multiple
types of info can be actively manipulated
◉ The components of working memory:. Answer: visuospatial
sketchpad, phonological loop, episodic buffer, and central executive
(and how they interact)
◉ Visuospatial sketchpad. Answer: remembering and manipulating
things we see
◉ Phonological loop. Answer: rehearsal of auditory info
◉ Episodic buffer. Answer: links different info together and
combines it with info from LTM
◉ Central Executive. Answer: directs appropriate amount of
attention to each component (decides when to use what)
, ◉ anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Answer: involved with working
memory
◉ prefrontal cortex. Answer: damage leads to problems sorting
things (can't change courses)
◉ hippocampus. Answer: spatial memory
◉ basal ganglia. Answer: involved w/ procedural memories
(Parkinson's/Huntington's=hard time learning new tasks
◉ amygdala. Answer: fear
◉ Definition of levels of processing theory. Answer: deeper levels of
processing lead to greater likelihood of that being in the LTM
◉ What are some ways information can be learned more deeply (as
opposed to superficially?). Answer: make it relevant to yourself,
◉ Does exposure to something always increase our memory of it?.
Answer: No
