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In the standard model of the cognitive system: {Ans: Both Storage and Rehearsal are operations initiating in short term memory}Which of the following is always true, without exception: {Ans: SOA is higher or equal to ISI}Assume that when hearing a sound in 20 Decibels and then increasing the volume slowly, subjects realize the volume was increased when reaching 30 Decibels. If subjects hear a 6 Decibel sound and then the volume is increased, what would be the minimum volume for subjects to recognize the increase? {Ans: 9 Decibels}In an experiment, subjects were presented with a series of pictures, one after the other, and needed to decide for each one, by pressing one of two buttons, whether the picture portrayed any vehicles or not. Which of the following is expected: {Ans: 1. On average, it will take longer for subjects to give a wrong answer than to give a correct answer 2. Some subjects, in some trials, will take significantly longer time to answer compared to the average 3. Subjects that make many errors tend to respond quicker than subjects that make fewer errors}Based on Marr's "three levels of analysis" theorem, describing a phone as a device