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Which of the following students provides the best overview of the current status of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model?
 
  a. Flora: It lost popularity after Miller's article on the 'magical number seven' failed to support the concept of short-term memory.
  b. Nicola: This model continues to be important because recent research clearly supports the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory.
  c. Bruce: The research has not clearly demonstrated that short-term memory is different from long-term memory.
  d. Miguel: The model now plays a major role in the parallel distributed processing (PDP) approach.

Question 2

Your textbook discussed the research on release from proactive interference in working memory. One study used five different categories of words, such as fruits and occupations. The results of this study indicated that
 
  a. encoding in working memory is almost exclusively acoustic.
  b. long-term memory can supplement the acoustic basis of working memory.
  c. material in working memory can be stored in terms of meaning.
  d. material in working memory that has been stored in terms of sound is easier to recall after a brief delay, compared to material that has been stored in terms of meaning.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c



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