Memory and Perception
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- Created on: 17-01-16 19:44
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2. The suggestion that implicit and procedural memory are synonymous has been questioned on the basis of which of the following reasons:
- implicit memories are formed in deep processing, procedural memories formed in shallow processing
- implicit memories are generally reserved for events in childhood, procedural memories are for skills learnt in adulthood
- procedural memory implied conscious effort, implicit memory assumes no conscious effort
- procedural memories are for skills, implicit memories are for events
3. A series of studies by Perrett et al. has demonstrated that percieved facial attractiveness is related to having a(n)
- thinner jaw
- distinctive face
- average face
- larger distance between nose and mouth
4. According to the "resource sharing model" of Daneman and Carpenter, all except which of the following statements are true?
- Reading ability has no effect on the amount of "cognitive space" available for performing the memory component of the reading span task
- The reading span task measures how flexibly we can allocate mental resources to the processing and storage of material
- Poor readers show poorer working memory performance on the reading span task than good readers
- If a person is a good reader, reading sentences for their truthfulness uses up very few cognitive resources
5. You are experiencing a great deal of difficulty learning your new telephone number. The number you keep remembering is your old one. The recall for your new number is impaired by
- proactive interference
- retroactive interference
- decay
- motivated forgetting
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