Cognitive load theory

On the following list, which would you remember based on the primacy and recency effect? 4,9,8,4,2,6,3,6,8,4,2,1,1,5,7

• 4,9,8 and 1,5,7

• 4, 9, 8, 4, 2

• 7, 5, 1, 1, 2, 4,

• 6, 3, 6, 8, 4, 2

This researcher discovered the primacy and recency effect.

• Hermann Ebbinghaus

• Noam Chomsky

• George Miller

• Benjamin Whorf

According to George Miller, which of the following statements is NOT true?

• 'Chunks' can only be made by combining fewer than three individual pieces of data.

• 'Chunking' is useful when remembering larger amounts of information.

• The limit on the amount of information that can be stored in a single 'chunk' is unknown.

• 'Chunking' allows you to store a lot more information in your short-term memory.

What is the term that states we remember the first (primacy) and last (recency) items on a list?

• State-Dependent Learning

• Mood Congruent Memory

• Retrieval Failure

• Serial Position Effect

• Recall

Holds about 7 items at a time

• Short-term memory
• Long-term memory
• Sensory memory

Chunking is a process based on:

• Taking individual bits of information and grouping them so that they are easier to recall

• Categorising animals based upon their habitat

• Something to do with long-term memory

• A theory of short-term memory discovered by Herman Ebbinghaus

Which of the following statements is true regarding George Miller?

• He theorized that short-term memory can hold between five and nine pieces of information.

• He wrote The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information in 1956.

• He distinguished between 'bits' of information and 'chunks' of information.

• All of the answers are true

Which of the following statements about short-term memory is NOT true?

• None of the answers are true

• Information can be stored in 'bits' or 'chunks.'

• It is thought to hold an infinite amount of information.

• It can store information for 20 to 30 seconds.

________ is thought to hold an infinite amount of information for extended periods of time.

• Super memory

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Recall memory

What is the difference between a 'bit' and a 'chunk' of information according to George Miller?

• They are the same thing.

• A bit is a single unit of information; a chunk is a group of units of information.

• None of the answers are correct

• A chunk is a single unit of information; a bit is a group of units of information.