EXP3604 TOP EXAM 2 FINAL EXAM 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS PREMIUM
STUDY GUIDE
◉ One of the most widely cited articles in psychology is George
Miller's (1956) article on the size of short-term memory. According
to your text, this article was important in cognitive psychology
because.
Answer: it focused on a cognitive process—mentally converting the
stimulus—at a time when most
◉ According to the chapter on working memory, what was
nontraditional about George Miller's article on the "magical number
seven"?.
Answer: Miller's article emphasized active mental processes, rather
than simply focusing on the stimulus and the response.
◉ Imagine that you have volunteered to participate in some
psychology research. The researcher tells you to look at several
words briefly, and then count backwards for about half a minute
before recalling those words. The researcher is probably measuring.
Answer: short-term memory.
,◉ A friend has just told you his cell phone number, and you repeat it
to yourself several times as you search for a pen to record it. The
technique you are using to remember the number is called.
Answer: rehearsal.
◉ As Chapter 4 discusses, John Brown, Lloyd Peterson, and Margaret
Peterson created a classic technique for assessing short-term
memory. In this technique, people saw some stimuli, counted
backwards by threes during the delay period, and then tried to recall
the original stimuli. The results of their research showed that.
Answer: after many previous trials, people had difficulty recalling
the stimuli, even with only a short delay.
◉ Suppose that your professor makes a graph that shows the
relationship between the order in which a topic was covered in the
course and the class's accuracy on test items for that topic. This
graph would be called aa. serial position curve..
Answer: serial position curve.
◉ Chapter 4 discussed research on the recency effect. How is this
research related to short-term memory?.
Answer: The final words in a list are recalled accurately because
they are still in short-term memory.
,◉ Suppose that you are listening to an announcer read the names of
the winners in an athletic event. You recall the last four names
accurately, but you can't recall the names that appeared earlier in
the list. This phenomenon is called:.
Answer: the recency effect.
◉ Suppose that a friend asks you what movies you have seen within
the past year. Your recall is especially accurate for the movies you
saw during the last two weeks. This phenomenon is called.
Answer: the recency effect.
◉ Imagine that you are tutoring high school students, and you have
quickly presented 12 new terms to them. They are likely to recall the
first few terms most accurately because of.
Answer: the primacy effect.
◉ Suppose that a professor asks the students in her class to say their
names out loud (one at a time) on the first day of class. Then she
asks them to write down as many of their classmates' names as they
can recall. Then she constructs a graph that shows "Number of
correct responses" on the Y-axis and "Serial position of the name" on
the X-axis. The shape of the graph.
Answer: will be a U-shaped line, with the greatest accuracy on the
first and last items.
, ◉ Suppose that you are having trouble recalling the information for
a question about Baddeley's theory because the information about
Atkinson and Shiffrin's theory (which you learned earlier) keeps
interfering. This phenomenon is called.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Suppose that you have been studying some terms related to your
course in biopsychology. After you have been studying for about 15
minutes, you find that you are having more trouble learning and
remembering new terms. This problem is an example of.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Suppose you are accustomed to driving a car in which the switch
for the windshield wipers is located to the left of the steering wheel.
Then you borrow a friend's car. To use the wipers on this car, you
must activate the switch to the right of the steering wheel, but you
keep reaching toward the left. You are demonstrating.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Which of the following students has the best understanding of the
concept "release from proactive interference"?.
Answer: Tara: "As you learn a series of stimuli from the same
category, memory will become less accurate; if you switch to a new
category, memory will improve."
COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS PREMIUM
STUDY GUIDE
◉ One of the most widely cited articles in psychology is George
Miller's (1956) article on the size of short-term memory. According
to your text, this article was important in cognitive psychology
because.
Answer: it focused on a cognitive process—mentally converting the
stimulus—at a time when most
◉ According to the chapter on working memory, what was
nontraditional about George Miller's article on the "magical number
seven"?.
Answer: Miller's article emphasized active mental processes, rather
than simply focusing on the stimulus and the response.
◉ Imagine that you have volunteered to participate in some
psychology research. The researcher tells you to look at several
words briefly, and then count backwards for about half a minute
before recalling those words. The researcher is probably measuring.
Answer: short-term memory.
,◉ A friend has just told you his cell phone number, and you repeat it
to yourself several times as you search for a pen to record it. The
technique you are using to remember the number is called.
Answer: rehearsal.
◉ As Chapter 4 discusses, John Brown, Lloyd Peterson, and Margaret
Peterson created a classic technique for assessing short-term
memory. In this technique, people saw some stimuli, counted
backwards by threes during the delay period, and then tried to recall
the original stimuli. The results of their research showed that.
Answer: after many previous trials, people had difficulty recalling
the stimuli, even with only a short delay.
◉ Suppose that your professor makes a graph that shows the
relationship between the order in which a topic was covered in the
course and the class's accuracy on test items for that topic. This
graph would be called aa. serial position curve..
Answer: serial position curve.
◉ Chapter 4 discussed research on the recency effect. How is this
research related to short-term memory?.
Answer: The final words in a list are recalled accurately because
they are still in short-term memory.
,◉ Suppose that you are listening to an announcer read the names of
the winners in an athletic event. You recall the last four names
accurately, but you can't recall the names that appeared earlier in
the list. This phenomenon is called:.
Answer: the recency effect.
◉ Suppose that a friend asks you what movies you have seen within
the past year. Your recall is especially accurate for the movies you
saw during the last two weeks. This phenomenon is called.
Answer: the recency effect.
◉ Imagine that you are tutoring high school students, and you have
quickly presented 12 new terms to them. They are likely to recall the
first few terms most accurately because of.
Answer: the primacy effect.
◉ Suppose that a professor asks the students in her class to say their
names out loud (one at a time) on the first day of class. Then she
asks them to write down as many of their classmates' names as they
can recall. Then she constructs a graph that shows "Number of
correct responses" on the Y-axis and "Serial position of the name" on
the X-axis. The shape of the graph.
Answer: will be a U-shaped line, with the greatest accuracy on the
first and last items.
, ◉ Suppose that you are having trouble recalling the information for
a question about Baddeley's theory because the information about
Atkinson and Shiffrin's theory (which you learned earlier) keeps
interfering. This phenomenon is called.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Suppose that you have been studying some terms related to your
course in biopsychology. After you have been studying for about 15
minutes, you find that you are having more trouble learning and
remembering new terms. This problem is an example of.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Suppose you are accustomed to driving a car in which the switch
for the windshield wipers is located to the left of the steering wheel.
Then you borrow a friend's car. To use the wipers on this car, you
must activate the switch to the right of the steering wheel, but you
keep reaching toward the left. You are demonstrating.
Answer: proactive interference.
◉ Which of the following students has the best understanding of the
concept "release from proactive interference"?.
Answer: Tara: "As you learn a series of stimuli from the same
category, memory will become less accurate; if you switch to a new
category, memory will improve."
