PSY 357 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions
"Naming times" for the nonword TAZE with consistent
neighbors (e.g., MAZE, GAZE, CRAZE) are ______ compared
to the "naming times" for the nonword TAVE with inconsistent
neighbors (e.g., GAVE, SAVE, HAVE). Correct Answers
Faster
A brand-new nut butter is developed. The marketing team comes
up with four options to name the product. When marketing the
product in the USA, which of the new product names is likely to
be a more successful marketing approach for native speakers of
English?
A) Naddle-Niddle
B) Natter-Nitter
C) Num-No
D) Nitter-Natter Correct Answers D) Nitter-Natter
A person with a large memory span is likely to do well on...
Correct Answers Reading comprehension, intelligence, and
problem solving tests
According to Boutla, Supalla, Newport, & Bavelier (2004), the
ability to hold information in mind for a few seconds is limited
in capacity to about ___ for English speakers and ___ for signers
in ASL. Correct Answers 7 +/- 2
5 +/- 1
According to the predictions of the memory span lab, what type
of material should a participant have the shortest memory span?
Longest? Correct Answers Shortest: words
,Longest: digits
Alan Baddeley has proposed that working memory consists of
separate but interacting components which include: Correct
Answers A phonological store
An episodic buffer
Attention
Alan Baddeley has proposed that working memory consists of
separate but interacting components, which include: Correct
Answers A visuospatial sketch pad
A central executive
A phonological loop
Approximately how many digits can the average person hold in
working memory? Correct Answers 5 to 9
Are these statements true or false?
Signers of ASL have a capacity of 5 +/- 1 in memory span
experiments for digits
&
Bilingual participants exhibited a smaller memory span in ASL
than in English Correct Answers True
Are these statements true or false?
The magical number 7 +/- 2 hold for signers of ASL
&
Span differences between signers of ASL and hearing controls
could be explained by differences in working memory capacity
Correct Answers False
, Around what age do infants begin to understand agent and
recipient in spoken language? Correct Answers Around 18
months
Based on Jusczyk's research, what type of words will infants
recognize first? Correct Answers Scooter and doctor
Based on word length effect, which list of words is likely to be
recalled best? Worst?
A) sky, star, cloud, moon, sun.
B) butter, laptop, paper, pillow, window
C) computer, dandelion, balcony, monitor, butterfly.
D) liberty, solution, fanciful, performance, glistening. Correct
Answers Best: A (sky, star, cloud, moon, sun
Worst: D (liberty, solution, fanciful, performance, glistening)
*Concrete words are easier to remember
Bilabial, dental, and glottal refer to... Correct Answers the
location at which two speech organs come together to form a
sound
Both American and Japanese adults were tested on their ability
to hear these different sounds. The results revealed that...
Correct Answers Japanese listeners do not hear and change in
/ra/ and /la/
Bottom-up information is information gathered from: Correct
Answers Sensory Information
"Naming times" for the nonword TAZE with consistent
neighbors (e.g., MAZE, GAZE, CRAZE) are ______ compared
to the "naming times" for the nonword TAVE with inconsistent
neighbors (e.g., GAVE, SAVE, HAVE). Correct Answers
Faster
A brand-new nut butter is developed. The marketing team comes
up with four options to name the product. When marketing the
product in the USA, which of the new product names is likely to
be a more successful marketing approach for native speakers of
English?
A) Naddle-Niddle
B) Natter-Nitter
C) Num-No
D) Nitter-Natter Correct Answers D) Nitter-Natter
A person with a large memory span is likely to do well on...
Correct Answers Reading comprehension, intelligence, and
problem solving tests
According to Boutla, Supalla, Newport, & Bavelier (2004), the
ability to hold information in mind for a few seconds is limited
in capacity to about ___ for English speakers and ___ for signers
in ASL. Correct Answers 7 +/- 2
5 +/- 1
According to the predictions of the memory span lab, what type
of material should a participant have the shortest memory span?
Longest? Correct Answers Shortest: words
,Longest: digits
Alan Baddeley has proposed that working memory consists of
separate but interacting components which include: Correct
Answers A phonological store
An episodic buffer
Attention
Alan Baddeley has proposed that working memory consists of
separate but interacting components, which include: Correct
Answers A visuospatial sketch pad
A central executive
A phonological loop
Approximately how many digits can the average person hold in
working memory? Correct Answers 5 to 9
Are these statements true or false?
Signers of ASL have a capacity of 5 +/- 1 in memory span
experiments for digits
&
Bilingual participants exhibited a smaller memory span in ASL
than in English Correct Answers True
Are these statements true or false?
The magical number 7 +/- 2 hold for signers of ASL
&
Span differences between signers of ASL and hearing controls
could be explained by differences in working memory capacity
Correct Answers False
, Around what age do infants begin to understand agent and
recipient in spoken language? Correct Answers Around 18
months
Based on Jusczyk's research, what type of words will infants
recognize first? Correct Answers Scooter and doctor
Based on word length effect, which list of words is likely to be
recalled best? Worst?
A) sky, star, cloud, moon, sun.
B) butter, laptop, paper, pillow, window
C) computer, dandelion, balcony, monitor, butterfly.
D) liberty, solution, fanciful, performance, glistening. Correct
Answers Best: A (sky, star, cloud, moon, sun
Worst: D (liberty, solution, fanciful, performance, glistening)
*Concrete words are easier to remember
Bilabial, dental, and glottal refer to... Correct Answers the
location at which two speech organs come together to form a
sound
Both American and Japanese adults were tested on their ability
to hear these different sounds. The results revealed that...
Correct Answers Japanese listeners do not hear and change in
/ra/ and /la/
Bottom-up information is information gathered from: Correct
Answers Sensory Information
