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George Miller's 1956 review reported the capacity of short-term memory as:Read the answer and worked solution →Peterson and Peterson's trigram study concluded that short-term memory decays in:Read the answer and worked solution →Previously learned information interfering with learning new information is:Read the answer and worked solution →Long-term memory storage capacity is believed to be:Read the answer and worked solution →Hearing peanut butter and thinking jelly shows memories organised in:Read the answer and worked solution →Memory of your last birthday is which type of explicit memory?Read the answer and worked solution →Riding a bicycle without being able to explain how is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Reading about a picnic makes you unscramble letters into plate rather than petal. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Karl Lashley searched rat brains for the physical trace of memory, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which brain part regulates fear and helps decide which memories to store?Read the answer and worked solution →Patient H. M. could not form new memories after removal of his:Read the answer and worked solution →Strong emotions triggering strong memories is called:Read the answer and worked solution →An exceptionally clear recollection of an important event is a:Read the answer and worked solution →After a blow to the head, a patient cannot form new memories but remembers the past. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the explicit memoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the memory brain partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the memory stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the memory wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Explicit or implicitRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the memory functionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Memory bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A baby is born knowing how to suck on a nipple. This unlearned behaviour is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A relatively permanent change in behaviour or knowledge that results from experience is:Read the answer and worked solution →You jump when you see lightning because it reliably predicts thunder. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →You give your dog a treat each time he sits, and he sits more often. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Julian learns to surf by watching his father and imitating him. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ivan Pavlov, who discovered classical conditioning, was by training a:Read the answer and worked solution →Pavlov originally measured how much of what his dogs produced in response to food?Read the answer and worked solution →In Pavlov's experiment, the meat powder that naturally causes salivation is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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George Miller's 1956 review reported the capacity of short-term memory as:

  1. 10 plus or minus 3
  2. 2 plus or minus 1
  3. 7 plus or minus 2
  4. 4 plus or minus 1
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Correct answer: C. 7 plus or minus 2

1. People retain between 5 and 9 items. 2. Miller called it the magic number 7 plus or minus 2. 3. Cowan later found working memory holds 4 plus or minus 1. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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Peterson and Peterson's trigram study concluded that short-term memory decays in:

  1. 3 seconds
  2. 30 minutes
  3. 2 hours
  4. 18 seconds
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Correct answer: D. 18 seconds

1. Recall was 80 per cent after 3 seconds. 2. It fell to 10 per cent after 18 seconds. 3. The memory trace becomes less activated. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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Previously learned information interfering with learning new information is:

  1. Proactive interference
  2. Retroactive interference
  3. Memory trace decay
  4. Elaborative rehearsal
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Correct answer: A. Proactive interference

1. Keppel and Underwood found it in trigram trials. 2. Old learning blocking new is proactive interference. 3. Decay is the other factor in short-term loss. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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