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Chess Working Memory and Chunking Experiment

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Chess Working Memory and Chunking Experiment

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What effect explains our tendency to remember words near the beginning of a list well?

Implicit memory effect

Serial position effect

Primacy effect (correct)

Recency effect

In the context of working memory, why did the chess master perform much better than the novice in the MIDDLE GAME condition?

Due to faster explicit memory encoding

Due to improved chunking ability (correct)

Due to stronger long-term memory retrieval

Due to better short-term memory capacity

Which type of memory is responsible for the recency effect, where we tend to remember words near the end of a list well?

Short-term memory (correct)

Long-term memory

Explicit memory

Implicit memory

What term describes the phenomenon where we remember words near the end of a list well?

Recency effect Signup and view all the answers

Why did the patient H.M. have impaired long-term memory?

Due to damage to his hippocampus Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between explicit and implicit memory?

Awareness of retrieving information Signup and view all the answers

How do short-term memory and long-term memory differ in terms of coding information?

Short-term memory codes visually or auditorily; long-term memory codes based on meaning Signup and view all the answers

What was the main contribution of lesion studies to the understanding of short-term and long-term memory?

They showed a double dissociation between the two types of memory Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of short-term memory according to the multiple stage model of memory?

To rehearse material for transfer to long-term memory Signup and view all the answers

How do long-term and short-term memories interact based on the information provided?

Long-term and short-term memories work together in the process of remembering Signup and view all the answers

What is 'chunking' in the context of memory processes?

The organization of concepts to assist memory recall Signup and view all the answers

How does the Atkinson & Shiffrin model explain the relationship between working memory and long-term memory?

Working memory is a crucial intermediary step in transferring information to long-term memory Signup and view all the answers