The word length effect shows that it is more difficult to remember
a. a list of words that are all the same length than a list of words that are of different lengths
b. a list of words that are of different lengths t
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The word length effect shows that it is more difficult to remember
a. a list of words that are all the same length than a list of words that are of different lengths
b. a list of words that are of different lengths than a list of words that are all the same length
c. a long list of words than a short list of words
d. a list of long words than a list of short words
(Ans- d
Which of the following processes is NOT influenced by working memory span
a. reading ability
b. reading comprehension
c. inhibiting no-longer-relevant information
d. blocking out distracting information
(Ans- a
A task with the instructions "Read the following words while repeating 'the, the, the' out loud, look away, and then write down the words you remember" would most likely be studying
a. echoic memory
b. the central executive
c. the phonological loop
d. the visuospatial sketch pad
(Ans- c
Which of the following is NOT one of the suggested causes of interference according to McGeoch's interference theory of forgetting
a. response competition
b. set
c. decay
d. altered context
(Ans- c
Which of the following is evidence in favor of the consolidation theory of forgetting
a. the finding that memory is better if we sleep (while being allowed to dream) between study and test relative to staying awake between study and test
b. the finding that memory is better if we sleep (while not being allowed to dream) during study and test relative to staying awake between study and test
c. the finding that individuals who recover from retrograde amnesia never remember anything that happened to them in the moments before their accident
d. all of the above
(Ans- d
Perseveration is...
a. a type of neuron
b. a form of interference
c. the consolidation of information to long-term memory
d. none of the above
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