PSYCHOLOGY 101 CHAPTER 9
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
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What is Consciousness?
✔✔ Being aware of your own thoughts and experiences in a way that allows you to
describe them to others; essentially, awareness.
What is Memory?
✔✔ The collection of all knowledge and experiences in a person's mind, along
with the ability to store and recall that information.
What does "Model of the Mind" mean in Cognitive Psychology?
✔✔ In cognitive psychology, a "model" refers to a theoretical explanation often
shown as a diagram. Boxes represent parts of the mind, and arrows show how
information flows between them.
What is the Modal Model of the Mind?
✔✔ A conceptual framework introduced in the 1960s that explains mental
processes using three memory systems and various control methods.
What are Memory Stores in the Modal Model?
✔✔ The three key memory types: sensory memory, working memory, and long-
term memory. Each has a specific role, storage capacity, and duration.
What are Control Processes in the Modal Model?
✔✔ Mechanisms that manage how information is handled within and between
memory systems in the brain.
, sensory memory - ANSWERS✔✔the trace of sensory input that stays in your
information-processing system for a brief period and the ability to hold it; less than
1 second for sights and up to several seconds for sounds
what is the function of sensory memory? - ANSWERS✔✔to hold on to sensory
information, in its original sensory form, long enough for it to be analyzed by
unconscious mental processes and for a decision to be made about whether or not
to bring that info into the next store, that of working memory
in what way is working memory like the central processing unit of a computer? -
ANSWERS✔✔information can be transmitted into the computer's central
processing unit from a keyboard (comparable to input from the mind's sensory
store), or it can be entered from the computer's hard drive (comparable to input
from the mind's long-term store); the real work of the computer (computation and
manipulation of the info) occurs within its central processing unit
working memory/short-term memory - ANSWERS✔✔the major workplace of the
mind; the seat of conscious thought; the place where all conscious perceiving,
feeling, comparing, computing, and reasoning take place
how is the long-term memory store different from working memory? -
ANSWERS✔✔long-term memory is passive, and working memory is active; long-
term memory is of long duration, and working memory is of short duration; long-
term memory has essentially unlimited capacity, and working memory has limited
capacity
long-term memory - ANSWERS✔✔corresponds most closely to most people's
everyday notion of memory; the stored representation of all a person knows;
contains the info that enables us to recognize or recall taste, smell, faces, etc
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
What is Consciousness?
✔✔ Being aware of your own thoughts and experiences in a way that allows you to
describe them to others; essentially, awareness.
What is Memory?
✔✔ The collection of all knowledge and experiences in a person's mind, along
with the ability to store and recall that information.
What does "Model of the Mind" mean in Cognitive Psychology?
✔✔ In cognitive psychology, a "model" refers to a theoretical explanation often
shown as a diagram. Boxes represent parts of the mind, and arrows show how
information flows between them.
What is the Modal Model of the Mind?
✔✔ A conceptual framework introduced in the 1960s that explains mental
processes using three memory systems and various control methods.
What are Memory Stores in the Modal Model?
✔✔ The three key memory types: sensory memory, working memory, and long-
term memory. Each has a specific role, storage capacity, and duration.
What are Control Processes in the Modal Model?
✔✔ Mechanisms that manage how information is handled within and between
memory systems in the brain.
, sensory memory - ANSWERS✔✔the trace of sensory input that stays in your
information-processing system for a brief period and the ability to hold it; less than
1 second for sights and up to several seconds for sounds
what is the function of sensory memory? - ANSWERS✔✔to hold on to sensory
information, in its original sensory form, long enough for it to be analyzed by
unconscious mental processes and for a decision to be made about whether or not
to bring that info into the next store, that of working memory
in what way is working memory like the central processing unit of a computer? -
ANSWERS✔✔information can be transmitted into the computer's central
processing unit from a keyboard (comparable to input from the mind's sensory
store), or it can be entered from the computer's hard drive (comparable to input
from the mind's long-term store); the real work of the computer (computation and
manipulation of the info) occurs within its central processing unit
working memory/short-term memory - ANSWERS✔✔the major workplace of the
mind; the seat of conscious thought; the place where all conscious perceiving,
feeling, comparing, computing, and reasoning take place
how is the long-term memory store different from working memory? -
ANSWERS✔✔long-term memory is passive, and working memory is active; long-
term memory is of long duration, and working memory is of short duration; long-
term memory has essentially unlimited capacity, and working memory has limited
capacity
long-term memory - ANSWERS✔✔corresponds most closely to most people's
everyday notion of memory; the stored representation of all a person knows;
contains the info that enables us to recognize or recall taste, smell, faces, etc
