The MSM

What is the duration of material in the sensory registers?

• More than 30 seconds

• Less than half a second

• 18 to 30 seconds

• Over one minute

How is information encoded in Short-term Memory (STM)?

• Semantic

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Olfactory

According to George Miller, what is the span (or capacity) of STM?

• 3 plus or minus 2

• 7 plus or minus 2

• 10 plus or minus 2

• 5 plus or minus 2

How is information encoded in Long-term Memory (LTM)?

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Olfactory

• Semantic

What is the duration of material in LTM, according to Harry Bahrick et al.?

• Less than 18 seconds

• 18 to 30 seconds

• Almost 50 years

• Over one minute

According to the Information Processing approach, what stages does information flow through in the human cognitive system?

• Encoding, Retrieval, Recall

• Input, Storage, Retrieval

• Sensory Register, Short-term Memory, Long-term Memory

• Attention, Perception, Recognition

What analogy does the MSM model use to describe the mind?

• Library

• Computer

• Theatre

• Laboratory

What does maintenance rehearsal involve?

• Repeating material to oneself

• Drawing diagrams

• Discussing with others

• Taking notes

What did Baddeley find about the encoding in STM?

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Olfactory

• Semantic

According to Guillermo Campitelli, how does STM relate to LTM?

• They are independent

• STM is part of LTM

• STM and LTM are integrated

• LTM is part of STM