PSYCH 120A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Long-Term Memory, Iconic Memory, Stimulus Modality
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Quiz 4: which of the following is/are not true of mental images, they are generated in any sensory modality. Recency effect: better memory for the last few items on the list. Last few items are still found working memory and rapidly accessible. Primacy effect: better memory for the first few items. Based on retrieval from long term memory. At the beginning of the list, you don"t have other words to juggle. More rehearsal opportunities in the beginning help send words to ltm. Delay is not enough to eliminate the recency effect. Participants keep rehearsing to maintain words in working memory. An intervening task with delay is needed to eliminate the recency effect. Can"t rehearse words words eliminated from working memory. No effect on the primacy effect - ltm. Slowing down presentation time better ltm. Better memory for early and middle words due to enhanced encoding and rehearsal opportunities. More rehearsal better storage in ltm.
