Test Bank For Memory Foundations And Applications 3rd Edition By Bennett

Test Bank For Memory Foundations And Applications 3rd Edition By Bennett

Chapter 3: Working Memory

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The neural structures and which processes make up the working memory.

a. cognitive

b. behavioral

c. memory

d. structural

Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Working Memory

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Cognitive Psychologists seldom use the term for this type of memory.

a. long-term

b. short-term

c. medium memory

d. working memory

Ans: b

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Some Terminological Clarifications

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Primary memory is a term to mean what type of memory?

a. long-term

b. medial

c. ordinal

d. short-term

Ans: d

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Some Terminological Clarifications

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Memory system that holds literal information for a fraction of a second to allow cognitive processing is:

a. short-term.

b. long-term.

c. sensory.

d. vertical.

Ans: c

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sensory Memory

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The iconic memory system contains what type of memory?

a. visual sensory

b. short-term sensory

c. functional memory

d. long-term sensory

Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sensory Memory

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The echoic memory system contains what type of memory?

a. visual sensory

b. primary memory

c. auditory sensory

d. participating sensory

Ans: c

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sensory Memory

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. This 1960 experiment used a grid for a very brief flash. What type of memory function was being measured?

a. primary memory

b. sensory memory

c. long-term memory

d. short-term memory

Ans: b

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sensory Memory

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. What is the term for the amount of information that can be maintained in working memory?

a. capacity

b. term

c. knowledge

d. objectiveness

Ans: a

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Working Memory Capacity

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. What task measures a list of digits presented by an experimenter?

a. hearing and sight

b. sensory learning

c. retrograde learning

d. digital span

Ans: d

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Working Memory Capacity

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The term used for a basic unit of information in working memory which may be decomposable into more information.

a. cap

b. digit

c. span

d. chunk

Ans: d

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Working Memory Capacity

Difficulty Level: Easy