When Justin's mother said to her elderly father, Dad, Justin wants to share his baseball story with you he replied, I don't care about history anymore. Why would her father respond in that way?
Reduced auditory input prevented him from hearing the entire
communication.
His memory of baseball has faded, so he did not understand what she
said.
His working memory could not contain the entire spoken message.
His sensory threshold was very sensitive.
Question 2The divide between what is sensed and what is not is known as the
input.
sensory threshold.
output.
priming.
Question 3The memory for recalling names tends to ___________ with age, while memory for vocabulary tends to _______________ with age.
increase; increase
increase; decrease
decrease; decrease
decrease; increase
Question 4Ralph was in a minor car accident in the grocery store parking lot. He backed his car into another car that was also backing out of a parking space. The other driver honked but Ralph didn't stop. Why not?
Ralph technically had the right-of-way.
The honking did not cross his sensory threshold.
Ralph became confused by driving backwards, confusing the gas pedal
with the brake.
His sensory memory perceived the honk but thought it was directed at
someone else.
Question 5Which of the following steps is identified in the information-processing approach?
input
erasing
reminding
priming
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