A landmark study in memory research was conducted by Miller in 1956. What was Miller’s magical number?

Craik and Tulving (1975) tested how level of processing impacts memory. Participants were shown a word and asked a question about it. Which question led to the best memory for the words?

George Sperling tested the capacity of sensory memory using both a whole report and partial report technique. Which of the following is correct regarding this research?

Barlett’s (1932) “War of the Ghosts” experiment used a technique called repeated reproduction. What did they find as participants retold the story of the War of the Ghosts over and over?

In one task used for testing the visuo-spatial sketchpad, participants are shown squares numbered one through ten. The numbers then disappear, and participants are required to touch the squares in order. What is the name of this task?

Which of the following describes the false memory coglab?

After getting hit on the field in the middle of a play, a football player can’t remember the moments before the incident and has difficulty recalling what happened earlier in the day and even parts of the prior day. What is the most likely explanation?

When the conditions at encoding or study are similar to the conditions at retrieval or test, we call this

When you look at a sparkler being twirled through the air, you perceive a circle as the light moves around and around. This experience, referred to as the persistence of vision, is an example of which of the following?

Shepard and Meltzer’s (1971) mental rotation task is a test of which component of working memory?