Memory Model Quiz

Who created the multi-store model of memory?

• Atkinson and Shiffrin

• Glanzer and Cunitz

• Miller and Baddeley

• Peterson and Peterson

What is the format in which information is stored in the sensory register?

• Acoustic

• Semantic

• Visual

• Modality specific

What is the capacity of short term memory according to Jacobs' research?

• 9 items

• 11 items

• 7 items

• 5 items

What is the duration of short term memory according to Peterson and Peterson's study?

• 10-15 seconds

• 45-50 seconds

• 18-30 seconds

• 35-40 seconds

Which type of rehearsal is used to pass information from short term memory to long term memory?

• Semantic rehearsal

• Visual rehearsal

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Maintenance rehearsal

What type of coding is used in long term memory?

• Visual coding

• Acoustic coding

• Modality specific coding

• Semantic coding

What did Glanzer's research demonstrate about the recall of word lists?

• Participants remembered the middle words the best

• Participants remembered the last words the best

• Participants remembered the first and last words the best

• Participants remembered all words equally

What did Sperling's study reveal about the capacity of the sensory register?

• It has a capacity of 5-9 items

• It has a very large, possibly unlimited capacity

• It has a capacity of 3-5 items

• It has a capacity of 10-15 items

What did Baddeley's study show about the coding of short term memory?

• It is modality specific coded

• It is semantically coded

• It is acoustically coded

• It is visually coded

What did Wagnaar's research demonstrate about the capacity of long term memory?

• It has a very large, possibly unlimited capacity

• It has a capacity of 3-5 items

• It has a capacity of 5-9 items

• It has a capacity of 10-15 items