When Peterson and Peterson demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over a delay, why did they ask people to count backward by threes during the delay?
a. To develop procedural memory
b. To increase chunking
c. To increase depth of processing
d. To prevent rehearsal
d
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Crystallized intelligence is used to solve problems without relying on previous knowledge
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A student has taken a summer job answering telephone calls for sales orders. He quickly learns that it is pretty easy to remember a customer's five-digit ZIP code and seven-digit phone number,
but it is much more difficult to keep track of a sixteen-digit credit card number. According to the conclusions of researcher George Miller, the student is having trouble with longer strings of numbers because a. the capacity of iconic memory is quite limited. b. memory span covers only five to nine items. c. memory span does not exist. d. the information is staying in his sensory memory.
Which aspect of playing golf involves semantic memory?
a) remembering how to swing the golf club b) remembering the time you made a hole-in-one c) remembering that golf was first played in Scotland d) remembering how to adjust your swing when there is high wind
Imaging studies have illustrated that the density of grey matter in the __________ of bilingual individuals is increased compared to monolingual individuals.
A. right parietal cortex B. left parietal cortex C. right frontal cortex D. left frontal cortex