19 Questions
Why is Rote Learning non beneficial?
It allows low level of effort as there is no interest in the material.
In the Critical Importance of Retrieval of Learning by Jeffery what two conditions resulted in the same percentage of vocab recalled. (Revised = repeatedly recalled to ones self).
Repeatedly tested and revised & Repeatedly tested but not revised.
Gorge - Nisson 1987 found motivation to have an effect on performance.
False
Pointing at a picture is a way of defining something. It allows meanings to be captured.
False
Broca's aphasia is results in...
Understands meaning but cannot speak fluently
The whole temporal lobe may be involved in single word processing memory retrieval (stores and retrieves information about single words).
True
Where is temporary information stored and where is it integrated?
Hippocampus then cortical information networks.
Cognitive abilities do not have any limits.
False
In Sperling 1960 participants being able to recall an average of 4 letters when each letter was presented for 50ms demonstrates that the sensory register has a capacity of 4 letters.
False
Alzheimer's disease prevents multiple tasks from being carried out. This is evidence for the central executive.
True
A patient had dysexecutive syndrome. Which area of their brain has been damaged?
Frontal lobe.
Kosslyn 1978 found from a mental scanning task that the distance between locations correlated with how long it took for participants to walk to those locations. This evidence for the....
Visuo - spatio sketchpad
Words with more syllables reduce memory retention.
False
The phonological store can distinguish between noise and speech.
True
What are the ways to test the Working Memory Capacity?
All of the above.
Hemispatial Neglect is due to damage in the
Dorsal Parietal lobe
How many settings (e.g. school, home) does the symptoms have to be present in for DSM - V to diagnose someone with ADHD?
2
Optic Ataxia (unable to pick up an object) is a symptom of Hemispatial Neglect.
True
Define Unilateral neglect.
Patient is aware of the objects on the left side of the visual field but not the left side of all objects.
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