Chapter 6

Explain the Atkinson-Shiffrin’s model of memory.

Answer explanation

Stimuli and information are gathered/sensed by the sensory registry. This information is than transferred to your sensory memory that hold information for a fraction of a second and that has a limited capacity. Information in this memory structure feature is lost quickly.

What are the possible outcomes of signal detection theory?

Answer explanation

Hit, miss, false alarm, correct rejection

What are the possible outcomes of signal detection theory?

Answer explanation

Hit, miss, false alarm, correct rejection

What is the role of metacognition in LTM?

Answer explanation

Help us identify the mental strategies to retrieve and encode information in the LTM.

True or False.

Metacognition is a controlled process.

• True

• False

What is the following describing?

Tendency to remember words at the beginning of a list

• Serial position curve

• Primacy effect

• Recency effect

• Metacognition

• COding

What is the following describing?

Tendency to remember words at the end of a list

• Serial position curve

• Primacy effect

• Recency effect

• Metacognition

• COding

What is the following describing?

Plot of the percentage of participants remembering each words against the position of that word in the list

• Serial position curve

• Primacy effect

• Recency effect

• Metacognition

• COding

What is the serial position curve and explain it. and what it entails.

Answer explanation

It is the plot of percentage of each participants remembering each words against the position the word is on the list. It was studied by having participants listen to a list of words, than writing these words down in order in which they heard them. Participants had an easier time recalling words said at the beginning (primacy effect) and words said at the end (recency effect). The primacy effect explains the short-term memory and the need for rehearsal to keep information within it. The words at the beginning had more time to be rehearsed hence strengthening their place in short-term memory. And the recency effect because the words that were recently presented where still in short-term memory and easy to recall. The recency effect was further studied in an experiment where participants where presented a list of words but had to count to a certain number before recalling it. Counting inhibited the ability to rehearse the items. And the words remembered were the one that were last said, showing that recency effect is about the most recent words remaining in short-term memory.

What is being able to remember words that were spoken in the beginning with ease?