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What are the two critical factors in the ACT theory activation equation?

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How does short-term memory differ from the articulatory loop?


A) Short-term memory is a small-capacity system;the phonological loop is a large-capacity system.
B) Short-term memory is relatively disorganized;the phonological loop is highly organized.
C) Information does not have to spend time in the articulatory loop to get into long-term memory.
D) Short-term memory is largely imagery-analog based;the phonological loop is entirely acoustic.

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One brain region in animals implicated in working memory is:


A) the temporal cortex.
B) Wernicke's area.
C) the frontal cortex.
D) the sensory cortex.

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You have an exam in cognitive psychology next week.What are the BEST approaches to learning the material?

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One of the best approaches is the PQ4R m...

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One possible explanation for the power law of learning is the:


A) improved transfer of material from short-term memory to the centralized long-term store.
B) long-term potentiation of neurons.
C) extinction of inhibitory postsynaptic potentials that interfere with retrieval.
D) activation of frontal lobe areas that organize the material in meaningful wholes.

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In Goldman-Rakic's work with monkeys,she suggests that:


A) the prefrontal cortex may be divided into small sections responsible for retaining different types of information.
B) the frontal cortex appears to deal primarily with abstract information,not visuospatial information.
C) areas of the frontal cortex may correspond closely to the phonological loop,the visuospatial sketchpad,and the central executive.
D) the prefrontal cortex is primarily a personality center not involved in memory.

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The power law of learning refers to the fact that:


A) the associative strength of items in a propositional network increases linearly with increased practice.
B) speed of responding in working memory is a power function of recency of presentation.
C) overlearning leads to a linear,nonasymptotic increase in power of the memory trace.
D) memory performance improves as a function of practice.

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In Atkinson and Shiffrin's view of memory:


A) functional processes,such as deep level processing,are more important than the storehouses of memory.
B) short-term memory serves as an intermediate store between sensory memory and long-term memory.
C) information is stored in propositional networks that retain the meaning,but not the detail,of the perceptual experience.
D) information is stored in distributed neural calculational arrays.

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Describe the results of Bower (1973).What does this study suggest?

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The results of Bower (1973)revealed that...

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The terms activation and strength are used interchangeably in memory research.

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What is long-term potentiation?

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Long-term potentiation is a form of neur...

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Briefly describe the phases of the PQ4R method.

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The PQ4R method involves these six steps...

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