What is working memory, and how does it work? How would you test an organism's extent of working memory? Design a simple test that would give you an answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Working memory refers to the temporary area in which information that is new or that is retrieved from memory is held for a limited amount of time. While information is stored in working memory, it is used when the brain is carrying out a particular task. Tasks may include holding a phone number or password long enough to use it or write it down, problem solving, and decision making. One of the most common tests used to measure working memory is the delayed match-to-sample task.
(Examples/designs of working memory tests for organisms will vary.)
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a. developmental growth in memory span result from enhancements in the ability to employ memory strategies. b. developmental growth in memory span result from the child's discovery of reversibility. c. the short-term storage capacity, or "hardware," of memory increases with age. d. the short-term storage capacity of memory decreases with age to allow for increases in long-term storage.
When he developed his intelligence tests, Wechsler's goal was to avoid all of the following
EXCEPT a. limiting the test to a single performance index. b. basing the test on verbal content only. c. allowing cultural bias to be present in the test. d. allowing linguistic bias to be present in the test. e. providing a valid deviation IQ score.
Sandra is watching some of her classmates on the play ground. They have become rowdy and
are hitting each other with the jump ropes. The recess monitor intervenes and the children are placed into time-out as Sandra watches. The next day when the jump ropes are distributed at recess, Sandra is careful to use them to jump. This is an example of a. classical conditioning. b. operant conditioning. c. the ego. d. observational learning.
In a goal framing setting, a positive frame is generally the most effective.
a. true b. false