FRHD 2060 MIDTERM 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Information Processing Model - ANS Uses a computer metaphor to explain how people
process stimuli.
Sensory Memory - ANS A brief and almost identical representation of the stimuli that exists
in the observable environment.
-Memory details are dependent on how much attention is given to the stimuli
Functional Perspective - ANS Attention is composed of separable dimensions serving
functions.
-Age-related decline affects cognitive functions such as language and driving
Speed of Processing - ANS How quickly and efficiently the early steps in information
processing are completed.
Processing Resources - ANS the amount of attention one has to apply to a particular
situation.
Processing Resources: 2 reasons for decline with age - ANS 1. Inhibitory loss
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, 2. Attentional changes
Inhibitory Loss - ANS Older adults may have difficulty inhibiting the processing of irrelevant
information
Attentional Changes - ANS How well can you perform more than one task at a time?
Divided Attention - ANS Multi-tasking
Attention Span - ANS Ability to maintain attention over a long period of time
Automatic Processing - ANS Minimal demands on our processing resources and gets the info
into the system without us even knowing it.
Effortful Processing - ANS Uses all available attentional capacity
-ex learning new tasks
Encoding - ANS Process of getting information into the memory system.
Storage - ANS Manner in which info is represented and kept in memory.
Retrieval - ANS Getting info back out of memory.
Working Memory - ANS Active process and structures involved in holding info in mind and
simultaneously using that info.
-ex solve problem, make decision, learn something new
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Information Processing Model - ANS Uses a computer metaphor to explain how people
process stimuli.
Sensory Memory - ANS A brief and almost identical representation of the stimuli that exists
in the observable environment.
-Memory details are dependent on how much attention is given to the stimuli
Functional Perspective - ANS Attention is composed of separable dimensions serving
functions.
-Age-related decline affects cognitive functions such as language and driving
Speed of Processing - ANS How quickly and efficiently the early steps in information
processing are completed.
Processing Resources - ANS the amount of attention one has to apply to a particular
situation.
Processing Resources: 2 reasons for decline with age - ANS 1. Inhibitory loss
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, 2. Attentional changes
Inhibitory Loss - ANS Older adults may have difficulty inhibiting the processing of irrelevant
information
Attentional Changes - ANS How well can you perform more than one task at a time?
Divided Attention - ANS Multi-tasking
Attention Span - ANS Ability to maintain attention over a long period of time
Automatic Processing - ANS Minimal demands on our processing resources and gets the info
into the system without us even knowing it.
Effortful Processing - ANS Uses all available attentional capacity
-ex learning new tasks
Encoding - ANS Process of getting information into the memory system.
Storage - ANS Manner in which info is represented and kept in memory.
Retrieval - ANS Getting info back out of memory.
Working Memory - ANS Active process and structures involved in holding info in mind and
simultaneously using that info.
-ex solve problem, make decision, learn something new
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