Cognitive Approach to Behavior

Who created the multi-store memory model?

• Craik and Lockhart (1972)

• Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

• Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

• Conrad and Hull (1964)

What is the duration of sensory memory?

• 1 - 5 seconds

• 1 - 30 seconds

• Limitless

• It is not measurable.

The 7 + or - 2 rule was created by

• Baddeley

• Kahneman

• Johnson

• Miller

Glanzer and Cunitz studied the

• phonological similarity effect

• serial position effect

• effects of articulatory suppression

• dual-task technique

The component of the Working Memory Model that integrates information from the other components and links this information to LTM structures is the

• visuospatial sketchpad

• phonological store

• central executive

• episodic buffer

The study that is not about schema is

• Bransford and Johnson (1972)

• Anderson and Pitchert (1978)

• Conrad and Hull (1964)

• Darley and Gross (1983)

Which of the following is a valid criticism of schema theory?

• Schema theory cannot be applied across cultures.

• Schema theory is not testable.

• Schema theory does not allow predictions about behavior.

• Schema theory is vague and schema are not observable.

We are most likely to use System 1 thinking when

• The problem is highly abstract

• We have too much information to process

• We need to transfer information from one situation to another

• We have not practiced something very much.

Which is not a characteristic of System 2 thinking?

• It is logical and less prone to error.

• It is the basis for most of our day to day decision making

• It is able to transfer information from one situation to another

• It is slow and requires conscious effort.

The five verbs used in Loftus & Palmer (1974) are

• Smashed, contacted, hit, crashed, collided

• Hit, collided, crashed, bumped, contacted

• Contacted, hit, crashed, bumped, collided

• Smashed, bumped, contacted, collided, hit