It is easier to recall a string of 6 consonants and 5 spatial positions than a string of 11 consonants because
a. spatial positions are easier to rehearse.
b. spatial positions and consonants do not interfere with each other.
c. a person's memory span is greater for spatial positions.
d. All of these
Question 2When people store information in STM from two different sensory modalities, memory span
a. decreases. c. increases.
b. remains the same. d. fluctuates randomly.
Question 3Brooks discovered that people could better perform a memory task by pointing to answers on an answer sheet rather than overtly responding when the task was
a. classifying the corners of a block diagram.
b. classifying the words in a sentence.
c. Both of these
d. Neither of these
Question 4Evidence supporting the hypothesis that people use mental animation in some scientific reasoning problems includes
a. using mental animation plays an important role in people's evaluation of static statements about diagrams of pulleys.
b. using mental animation plays an important role in people's evaluation of kinematic (motion-based) statements about diagrams of pulleys.
c. evaluation of statements about the end of the causal chain was faster for those who used mental animation than physical animation.
d. evaluation of statements about the end of the causal chain was faster than evaluation of statements about the beginning of a causal chain.