Cognitive Psychology Questions

sam has to remember a 12-digit number that he generated for his computer password (198819892001). he remembers the information as the birth years of his three sisters: 1988, 1989. 2001. sam's strategy is _________

ashleigh is studying for an exam. as she studies, she thinks about how different concepts remind her of events and situations that have occurred in her own life. ashleigh is using _________-___________ to help her remember the course concepts

the three systems of memory in the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory are _________ memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory

_________ attention involves focusing on a specific aspect of experience while ignoring other stimuli

select all that apply. which of the following are components of Baddeley's view of working memory?a. visuo-spatial sketchpadb. phonological loopc. eidetic imageryd. central executive

short term memory can retain about _______ pieces of complex information a. 3 to 5 (4 +/- 1)b. 5 to 9 (7 +/- 2)c. 10 to 12 (11 +/- 1)d. 13 to 17 (15 +/- 2)

_______ memory is a kind of mental workbench where the brain manipulates and assembles information to guide understanding, decision making, and problem solvinga. long-termb. workingc. autobiographicald. short-term

in terms of how we engage with information we are trying to remember, the continuum from shallow, to intermediate, to deep, where deeper levels produce better memory, is called levels of ________

which of the following is a limitation of rehearsal? a. it doesn't work well for retaining information over the long term because it involves just mechanical repetition of information b. it only works for remembering dates and numbersc. it works best for retaining information in long-term memory than for retaining it in short term memory d. it doesn't work for dates and numbers but works well for visual information

you've just met juan at a party and he tells you his phone number so you can get together later. you didn't write it down right away, and a few minutes later, you have forgotten it. this is because you failed to move the phone number from ______-term memory to _______-term memory

at which of the following levels of processing are we most likely to recall information?a. intermediate levelb. deepest levelc. shallow leveld. high level

concentrating on more than one activity at a time is calleda. working memoryb. encoding c. sustained attentiond. divided attention

select all that apply. according to paivio's dual-code theory, which of the following statements are correct?a. the image code produces better memoryb. memory for words is better than memory for picturesc. memory for pictures is better than memory for wordsd. there is no difference in memory for words compared to pictures

information must be encoded and ________ in order to be retrieved later

rehearsal involves ________ information a. psychologically connectingb. the biological memory ofc. unconsciously remembering d. the conscious repetition of

according to the concept of levels of processing, we are most likely to remember things if we considera. how they lookb. where they arec. how they sound d. what they mean

the process by which information gets into memory storage is ________

select all that apply. which of the following are true regarding the effect of elaboration on encoding?a. it creates retrieval pathsb. it improves sensory memoryc. it makes material easier to rememberd. it has no effect; memorization is more efficient

according to the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory of memory storage, a. there two levels of processingb. there are four stages of memoryc. there are four levels of processingd. there are three separate memory systems

put the steps of the general flow of information into memory in order from beginning to enda. storingb. retrieving c. encoding