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2. What is the serial position effect?

  • It is hardest to recall items from the middle of the list, due to primacy and recency effects
  • Items with a longer digit length are hardest to recall from a list due to the capacity of STM
  • It is easier to recall items from the end as they were last studied
  • It is easier to recall info at the start as first items are studied the most

3. What is shape of the typical forgetting function?

  • Cubic
  • Expotential
  • Logarithmic
  • Linear

4. Brain imaging research has identified which brain region to be involved in working memory

  • Prefrontal cortex
  • Hypothalamus
  • Hippocampus
  • Parietal cortex

5. Which of the following functions has not been associated with the central executive component of working memory?

  • Visual illusions
  • Selective attention
  • Dual task performance
  • Switching of retrieval plans

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