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Cognitive Psychology: Memory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which year did Atkinson and Shiffrin develop the MSM

a)

1976

b)

1966

c)

1968

d)

1974

2.

Which of the following is not a control process involved in the MSM?

a)

Attention

b)

Encoding

c)

Recognition

d)

Rehearsal

3.

Which memory store only holds information for a hundred milliseconds?

a)

Sensory store

b)

STM

c)

Episodic Buffer

d)

LTM

4.

Which of the following are case studies linked to memory? Select all that apply.

a)

HM

b)

KF

c)

JV

d)

VP

e)

CW

5.

Miller (1956) suggested that the magic number was ...

(a)  

6.

Who is he?

a)

Clive Wearing

b)

Bandura

c)

HM

d)

Freud

7.

Are there ethical issues when studying brain-damaged patients?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Not sure

8.

The serial position effect refers to which of the following? Select both that apply.

a)

Primary effect

b)

Last effects

c)

Recency effect

d)

LTM

9.

Which component retrieves information through a sequential search?

a)

Sensory memory store

b)

STM

c)

LTM

d)

None of the above

10.

The WMM was developed by who?

a)

Baddeley et al., (1991)

b)

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1974)

c)

Miller (1956)

d)

Glanzer and Cunitz (1966)

e)

Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

11.

Which of the following are components within the 1974 WMM?

a)

Visuospatial Sketchpad

b)

Central Executive

c)

Articulatory rehearsal system

d)

Episodic Buffer

e)

LTM

12.

What experimental evidence is used to support the WMM?

a)

Neuroimaging

b)

Case Studies

c)

Twin Studies

d)

Dual task experiments

e)

Adoption studies

13.

Baddeley et al., (1991) investigated the central executive, through patients suffering with what illness?

a)

Williams syndrome

b)

Schizophrenia

c)

Psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder

d)

Alzheimer's disease

e)

Prader-Willi syndrome

14.

Paulesu et al., (1993) used PET scans and found that the supramarginal gyrus was activated when what component of the WMM was used?

a)

Phonological Store

b)

Episodic Buffer

c)

Central Executive

d)

Visuospatial Sketchpad

15.

What are the limitations and issues with the WMM?

a)

Central executive has limited evidence

b)

Not enough laboratory testing

c)

VSSP components should be separated.

d)

It's to reductionist.