CH05_TEST
BANK STERNBERG
IMTB_1 CHAPTER 5
MEMORY: MODELS AND
RESEARCH METHODS 2026/2027
OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 5 170
SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES 173
A. In-Class Activities
1. The Limited Capacity of Short-Term Memory
2. Contrasting Episodic and Semantic Memory
3. Revisiting the Seven Dwarfs
B. Promoting Discussion
1. Comparing Memory for Amnesic & Normal Individuals
2. Memory and the Movies
COGLAB ANSWERS 180
Memory Span
Partial Report
Absolute Identification
Operation Span
Implicit Learning
Modality Effect
Position Error
Irrelevant Speech
Effect Phonological
Similarity Levels of
Processing
USEFUL WEBSITES 215
TEST BANK 217
1
, OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 5
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Complexity of Memory
B. Memory
1. Encoding
2. Storage
3. Retrieval
II. TASKS USED FOR MEASURING MEMORY
A. Recall versus Recognition Task
1. Recall
a. Three Main Types of Recall Tasks
i. serial recall
ii. free recall
iii. cued recall
b. Relearning
c. Expressive knowledge
2. Recognition
a. Receptive knowledge
B. Implicit versus Explicit Memory Task
1. Explicit Memory
2. Implicit Memory
a. Priming
b. Procedural memory
3. Process-Dissociation Model
C. Intelligence and the Importance of Culture in Testing
III. MODELS OF MEMORY
A. Traditional Models of Memory
1. Hypothetical Constructs
2. Sensory Store
a. Iconic store
b. Sperling’s discovery
i. whole-report procedure
ii. partial-report procedure
c. Subsequent refinement
i. capacity
ii. backward visual masking
3. Short-term Store
a. Capacity
b. Retention
4. Long-term Store
a. Permastore
B. Levels of Processing Model
1. Levels of Processing Framework
2
, a. Physical, phonological, & semantic
b. Self-reference effect
2. Criticisms
C. An Integrative Model: Working Memory
1. Working Memory
a. Visuospatial sketchpad
b. Phonological loop
c. Central executive
d. Episodic buffer
2. Neuroscience and Working Memory
3. Measuring Working Memory
4. Intelligence and Working Memory
D. Multiple Memory Systems
1. Semantic Memory
2. Episodic Memory
3. HERA Model (Hemispheric Encoding/Retrieval Asymmetry)
4. Declarative Memory
5. Nondeclarative Memory
E. Connectionist Perspective
1. Connectionist PDP Model (Parallel Distributed Processing)
a. Nodes
b. Spreading activation
c. Priming effect
d. Parallel vs. serial processing
IV. EXCEPTIONAL MEMORY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
A. Outstanding Memory
1. Mnemonist
2. Hypermnesia
B. Deficient Memory
1. Amnesia
a. Retrograde amnesia
b. Anterograde amnesia
c. Infantile amnesia
2. Amnesia and the Explicit-Implicit Memory Distinction
3. Amnesia and Neuropsychology
a. Dissociations
b. Double dissociations
4. Alzheimer’s Disease
C. Memory Storage
1. Hippocampus and Other Brain Structures
2. Long-Term Potentiation
3. Neurotransmitters
V. KEY THEMES
A. Applied versus Basic Research
3
, B. Biology versus Behavioral Methods
C. Structures versus. Processes
4
BANK STERNBERG
IMTB_1 CHAPTER 5
MEMORY: MODELS AND
RESEARCH METHODS 2026/2027
OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 5 170
SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES 173
A. In-Class Activities
1. The Limited Capacity of Short-Term Memory
2. Contrasting Episodic and Semantic Memory
3. Revisiting the Seven Dwarfs
B. Promoting Discussion
1. Comparing Memory for Amnesic & Normal Individuals
2. Memory and the Movies
COGLAB ANSWERS 180
Memory Span
Partial Report
Absolute Identification
Operation Span
Implicit Learning
Modality Effect
Position Error
Irrelevant Speech
Effect Phonological
Similarity Levels of
Processing
USEFUL WEBSITES 215
TEST BANK 217
1
, OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 5
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Complexity of Memory
B. Memory
1. Encoding
2. Storage
3. Retrieval
II. TASKS USED FOR MEASURING MEMORY
A. Recall versus Recognition Task
1. Recall
a. Three Main Types of Recall Tasks
i. serial recall
ii. free recall
iii. cued recall
b. Relearning
c. Expressive knowledge
2. Recognition
a. Receptive knowledge
B. Implicit versus Explicit Memory Task
1. Explicit Memory
2. Implicit Memory
a. Priming
b. Procedural memory
3. Process-Dissociation Model
C. Intelligence and the Importance of Culture in Testing
III. MODELS OF MEMORY
A. Traditional Models of Memory
1. Hypothetical Constructs
2. Sensory Store
a. Iconic store
b. Sperling’s discovery
i. whole-report procedure
ii. partial-report procedure
c. Subsequent refinement
i. capacity
ii. backward visual masking
3. Short-term Store
a. Capacity
b. Retention
4. Long-term Store
a. Permastore
B. Levels of Processing Model
1. Levels of Processing Framework
2
, a. Physical, phonological, & semantic
b. Self-reference effect
2. Criticisms
C. An Integrative Model: Working Memory
1. Working Memory
a. Visuospatial sketchpad
b. Phonological loop
c. Central executive
d. Episodic buffer
2. Neuroscience and Working Memory
3. Measuring Working Memory
4. Intelligence and Working Memory
D. Multiple Memory Systems
1. Semantic Memory
2. Episodic Memory
3. HERA Model (Hemispheric Encoding/Retrieval Asymmetry)
4. Declarative Memory
5. Nondeclarative Memory
E. Connectionist Perspective
1. Connectionist PDP Model (Parallel Distributed Processing)
a. Nodes
b. Spreading activation
c. Priming effect
d. Parallel vs. serial processing
IV. EXCEPTIONAL MEMORY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
A. Outstanding Memory
1. Mnemonist
2. Hypermnesia
B. Deficient Memory
1. Amnesia
a. Retrograde amnesia
b. Anterograde amnesia
c. Infantile amnesia
2. Amnesia and the Explicit-Implicit Memory Distinction
3. Amnesia and Neuropsychology
a. Dissociations
b. Double dissociations
4. Alzheimer’s Disease
C. Memory Storage
1. Hippocampus and Other Brain Structures
2. Long-Term Potentiation
3. Neurotransmitters
V. KEY THEMES
A. Applied versus Basic Research
3
, B. Biology versus Behavioral Methods
C. Structures versus. Processes
4
