Quiz 2 BMB Prep

The Modal Model of Memory by Atkinson & Shiffrin includes three major components. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

• Sensory Memory

• Working Memory

• Short-Term Memory

• Long-Term Memory

Sperling's (1960) partial report method showed that...

• Sensory memory cannot store all visual information

• Delayed tones help extend memory duration

• Sensory memory briefly stores most incoming information

• There is no difference between whole and partial report

What term describes the system responsible for holding small amounts of information for a short duration?

• Episodic buffer

• Short-Term Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Sensory Memory

The Cocktail Party Effect demonstrates that...

• All irrelevant information is ignored

• Attention cannot be split between stimuli

• Important information like one's name can be processed even when unattended

• Sensory filter blocks all distractions

Which of the following describes a characteristic of automatic attention?

• Requires high cognitive effort

• Slow and deliberate

• Happens without awareness

• Occurs only with new tasks

In Posner's experiment, when a cue misled participants to the wrong direction, what happened to their reaction time?

• Faster than baseline

• No change

• Slower due to attention shift

• Same due to eye movement control

Chunking helps short-term memory by...

• Storing visual data

• Reducing interference

• Grouping smaller items into meaningful units

• Eliminating irrelevant information

When someone fails to notice a major change in a scene, this is known as...

• Spotlight attention

• Inattentional blindness

• Change blindness

• Visual neglect

Typing while listening to music and suddenly stopping due to a siren is an example of...

• Divided attention

• Selective attention

• Attentional blink

• Orienting reflex

According to Broadbent's Filter Model, information is filtered...

• Based on meaning

• After reaching long-term memory

• Early, based on physical features

• After selective attention is applied