Chapter 3: Attention & Memory

What part of the information processing system has an unlimited capacity, takes in information rapidly, and is almost an identical representation of the stimuli as it exists in the observable environment?

• A. Attention

• B. Sensory Memory

• C. Working Memory

• D. Tertiary Memory

Research evidence indicates that the oldest adults have more irrelevant thoughts during processing tasks and have more trouble keeping these irrelevant thoughts out of mind. This is evidence of ___________.

• A. a decrease in intelligence

• B. a decrease in overall memory space

• C. inhibitory loss

• D. a decrease in sensory memory

John has driven the same short route to work every day for the last seven years. Today he arrived at work and realized he really didn’t remember much information along his drive. This is an example of ________.

• A. automatic processing

• B. effortful processing

• C. divided attention

• D. attentional capacity

When first learning to drive a manual transmission car, we are often aware of our processing and it seems to take all of our attention to coordinate our actions. This is an example of ____________.

• A. automatic processing

• B. divided attention

• C. effortful processing

• D. attentional capacity

Michael is trying to remember an address. He repeats it in his mind until he gets to his car and enters it into his navigation system. Michael is using his __________.

• A. sensory memory

• B. working memory

• C. secondary memory

• D. remote memory

The ability to remember extensive amounts of information from a few seconds to a few hours to decades is known as ___________.

• A. sensory memory

• B. working memory

• C. long-term memory

• D. remote memory

Which type of memory is concerned with learning and remembering the meanings of words and concepts that are not tied to specific occurrences of events in time?

• A. sensory memory

• B. working memory

• C. episodic memory

• D. semantic memory

The process of prospective memory begins with the intention to remember something in the future and depends on monitoring _____________.

• implicit and explicit memory

• encoding and retrieval

• event and time cues

• automatic and effortful processing

When asked to remember life events, vivid memories from which age range are most likely to be reported?

• A. 0 - 10 years of age

• B. 10 - 30 years of age

• C. 30 - 50 years of age

• D. Vivid memories are recalled from all time periods of life in equal probability

Because it remains relatively unimpaired, _________ may have an enhancement effect on ________ for older

adults.

• A. implicit; explicit

• B. semantic memory; episodic memory

• C. sensory memory; working memory

• D. encoding; retrieval