EDUC2102 PASS Quiz (Session 4 - Information Processing) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What is the lifespan of the long term memory?

Infinite!

TRUE OR FALSE: Episodic memory includes knowledge of facts.

FALSE - that's semantic memory.

Which part of the memory can be thought of as the brain's "inbox"?

Sensory memory!

What is Miller's Magic 7?

Miller's theory that our working memory can handle between 5-9 'chunks' of information

TRUE OR FALSE: memory is always intentional.

False - it is often intentional, but can also be unintentional or unwanted.

TRUE OR FALSE: Procedural memory involves memory of how to do something.

true!

Which Part of the Information Processing Model is missing? (Marked with a ?)

Working Memory!

Before the 1960's, what was the dominant theory of cognition?

Behaviourism

What is the lifespan of the sensory memory?

Just a few seconds

What is the approximate life span of the Working memory?

Approximately 20 seconds.

Name one of the 3 systems that Baddeley's Model of Working Memory added to the structure of the short term memory.

The Central Executive - controls cognitive processes, The Phonological Loop - auditory store & inner voice, Visuo-spatial Sketchpad - visual images

TRUE OR FALSE: It is impossible to divide your attention.

TRUE - what we actually do is 'task switching', flicking our attention back and forth.

Name one way we can extend the duration of something in our working memory.

Maintenance rehearsal (repeating), or elaborative rehearsal (connecting to known info).

Name one of the 3 main steps involved in memory.

Encoding, storage, retrieval

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