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?

<p>Recency effect (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Due to damage to his hippocampus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between explicit and implicit memory?

<p>Awareness of retrieving information (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Short-term memory codes visually or auditorily; long-term memory codes based on meaning (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>They showed a double dissociation between the two types of memory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>To rehearse material for transfer to long-term memory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Long-term and short-term memories work together in the process of remembering (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>The organization of concepts to assist memory recall (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Working memory is a crucial intermediary step in transferring information to long-term memory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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