Sebastian & Hernandez-Gil (2012) Cognitive, Contemporary Stu

Digit span is...

• the distance between your thumb and little finger

• the number of digits you can remember in a sequence

• a phone number

• the number of syllables in a number

Where did Sebastián & Hernández-Gil carry out their 2012 research?

• in schools in Barcelona

• in schools in London

• in schools in Madrid

• in old peoples’ homes in Madrid

How did Sebastián & Hernández-Gil use controls?

• no children had repeated a year

• no children had hearing difficulties

• no children had reading or writing difficulties

• all of these

What score from the three series gave the digit span?

• maximum length in which two out of three recalled

• maximum length in which one out of three recalled

• maximum length in which three out of three recalled

• time taken to recall the three series correctly

What did Sebastián & Hernández-Gil find:

• digit span increased with age

• digit span developed in a linear fashion

• digit span increased in a quadratic fashion

• all of the above

Sebastián & Hernández-Gil’s digit span results compared to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV:

• were completely different

• agreed that digit span increased with age

• agreed on the maximum digit span reached

• were generally higher

Sebastián & Hernández-Gil’s explained that the difference in digit span between Anglo-Saxon and Spanish children might be due to

word length

• the school system

• eyesight

• boredom levels

• word length

Sebastián & Hernández-Gil’s explained that word length effect impacts on

• subvocal rehearsal

• episodic buffer

• visuo-spatial sketchpad

• all of these

Sebastián & Hernández-Gil’s used which model of memory to base their research on?

• multi-store model

• working memory model

• reconstructive memory

• episodic and semantic memory

Subvocal rehearsal is not present until

• 5 years

• 7 years

• adolescence

• old age