Memory

What is persistence of vision?

• The ability to remember past visual experiences

• The continued perception of a visual stimulus after it is gone

• The ability to see in low light conditions

• The process of visual perception becoming less accurate over time

What is memory?

• The process of forgetting information

• The process of retaining, retrieving, and using information

• The process of creating new information

• The process of perceiving stimuli

How does sensory memory contribute to cognitive processing?

• By storing information for long durations

• By actively manipulating sensory input

• By providing detailed sensory representations for further processing

• By inhibiting sensory information

What is the primary characteristic of sensory memory?

• Involvement in higher-level cognitive processing

• Brief duration of information retention

• Active manipulation of information

• Long-term storage of information

What did Sperling's 1960 experiment primarily aim to investigate?

• The accuracy of long-term memory

• The capacity and duration of sensory memory

• The effectiveness of rehearsal strategies

• The role of emotions in memory

How does retroactive interference affect memory recall?

• By enhancing recall of previously learned information

• By facilitating the learning of new information

• By impairing the recall of previously learned information due to new learning

• By having no effect on memory recall

How did Sperling further test memory retention in his experiment?

• By asking participants to recall letters without any cue

• By introducing the delayed partial report method

• By increasing the exposure time of the letter array

• By presenting the letter array for a longer duration

How long does short-term memory typically retain information according to Atkinson and Shiffrin's modal model?

• Seconds

• Minutes

• Hours

• Years

What did Sperling demonstrate through the delayed partial report method?

• The accuracy of long-term memory

• The unlimited capacity of sensory memory

• The rapid fading of perception in sensory memory

• The enhancement of sensory memory with rehearsal

What is the recency effect in memory recall?

• Better memory for items in the middle of a list

• Better memory for items at the early positions of a list

• Better memory for items at the end positions of a list

• Better memory for items presented first