According to the Research About Factors That Affect the Capacity

question 41

Multiple Choice

According to the research about factors that affect the capacity of working memory,

• A) the fact that people tend to substitute acoustically similar items during recall illustrates that acoustic factors are more important than semantic factors.
• B) there is no evidence for the influence of semantic information on working memory.
• C) the studies on release from proactive interference demonstrate that semantic factors can influence working memory.
• D) many studies have demonstrated that the information in working memory does not have acoustic properties.

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Definitions:

Absorption Frequency

The specific frequency at which a substance absorbs electromagnetic radiation, often used in spectroscopy to identify materials.

C=C

A carbon-carbon double bond, representing a type of covalent bond between two carbon atoms, involved in unsaturated organic compounds.

Terminal C-H Stretch

A term used to describe the absorption feature in infrared spectroscopy corresponding to the vibration of C-H bonds at the end of carbon chains.

IR Absorption

A spectroscopic technique that measures the absorption of infrared light by molecules, used to identify certain functional groups based on their vibrational energy.