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
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
