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Displacement (short-term memory)
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1The displacement theory is based on the Working Memory Model.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2What is the duration of short-term memory?
- A18-30 seconds
- B15 - 32 seconds
- C9 - 30 seconds
3What is the capacity of short-term memory?
- AIt has an unlimited capacity.
- B7+/-2 items.
- CVery small capacity.
4What happens to old information when new information arrives in the short term store?
- AOld information gets moved to the long-term memory store as it has been there the longest.
- BThe old information stays, but the new information gets pushed out.
- CThe new information pushes out the older information, with the oldest pieces of info getting pushed out and displaced.
5Postman and Philips asked participants to count back from 400 in 3's for 15 seconds.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6Postman and Phillips found that the recency effect disappeared.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Postman and Phillips study does NOT support the displacement theory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8What did Jacobs do that supported displacement theory?
- AHe gave participants trigrams and they had to count backwards in 3's from 100 for 15 seconds.
- BHe gave participants a 169 lists of 13 nonsense syllables and asked them to test themselves over a period of time.
- CHe gave participants a set of digits that got progressively longer each time, and the participant had to repeat the digits each time.
9Jacobs concluded that the STM has a limited capacity and new info has the potential to displace old info.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10The theory of displacement is consistent with Atkinson and Shiffrin's model of short-term memory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The primacy-recency effect which was proposed by Miller does not offer support for the displacement theory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12What replaced Atkinson and Shiffrin's memory model?
- AWorking memory model.
- BShort-term memory model.
13Atkinson and Shiffrin's view of short-term memory was too oversimplified.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Displacement has a very in-depth and detailed explanation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15The distractor task studies were not very realistic.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- A-Level Psychology Quiz on Displacement (short-term memory), created by Teigan Twigg on 21/04/2015.
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- Teigan Twigg
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