Most estimates of the duration of working memory are around:
a. 3–8 seconds.
b. 30–35 seconds.
c. 1–7 seconds.
d. 15–30 seconds.
Ans: d
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In Pavlov's experiments on second-order conditioning, dogs were conditioned to salivate at the sight of a black square:
A) by pairing it with food. B) by rewarding the dog with food when it salivated in the presence of the black square. C) by presenting food first and then following it with the black square. D) even though the black square was never directly associated with food.
Visual stimuli are most commonly retained in short-term memory by
a. continuing to look at the stimulus until an icon of the image appears. b. forming an eidetic image of the stimulus. c. slowing saccadic eye movements to one or two per second. d. encoding visual stimuli as sounds that can be rehearsed.
The amount of temporal summation depends on the rate of stimulation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the best way to divide the test when using the split halves method?
a. Put the first questions in one half and the last questions in the other half. b. Put all multiple choice questions in one half and all essay questions in the other half. c. Randomly assign each question to the first half or the second half. d. Assign odd-numbered questions to one half and even-numbered questions to the other.