Keating and Bobbitt's Memory Scanning Studies Showed That the Fastest

question 12

Multiple Choice

Keating and Bobbitt's memory scanning studies showed that the fastest reaction times were produced by ______.

• A)high-ability 9-year-olds
• B)average-ability 13-year-olds
• C)high-ability 13-years-olds
• D)high-ability 17-year-olds

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Definitions:

Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that holds a brief photographic image of a scene that has just been perceived, lasting for a very short period of time.

Automatically Processed

Information or tasks that are performed with little or no conscious effort, often due to repetition or familiarity.

Identification

The psychological process in which an individual assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of another and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides.

Automatically Processed

Information processed without conscious awareness, often quickly and efficiently.