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Unit 5: Cognition and Memory
Unit 5: Cognition and Memory
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1
Read the prompt.
There will be no difference in test performance between the two classes.
Dr. Kestler's students will perform better than Dr. Brown's students.
Dr. Brown's students will try harder than Dr. Kestler's students.
Dr. Brown's students will perform better than Dr. Kestler's students.
2
What is the
main
difference between an algorithm and a heuristic.
Heuristics take much more time than algorithms.
An algorithm always leads to a correct solution, while a heuristic doesn't.
Only algorithms enhance learning.
Heuristics are for small problems, algorithms are for complex ones.
3
Remembering the name of the author who wrote the
Cat in the Hat
is referred to as ____ memory.
flashbulb
episodic
semantic
procedural
4
Which of the following is
TRUE
of short-term memory?
It is a limited-capacity memory system.
It has a relatively permenant type of memory.
It is made up of explicit and implicit memory.
It holds perceptions of the world for just an instant.
5
A preexisting mental concept or framework that helps people organize and interpret information is referred to as a
hierarchy.
classification.
prototype.
schema.
6
Who is demonstrating functional fixedness?
Cindy puts her jacket on a coat hanger.
Albert cannot find another use for his leftover shingles.
Melissa uses her iPod headphones to listen to a CD on her computer.
Roberto uses his baseball glove to play catch.
7
Akira Haraguchi recited the first 80,000 digits of pi. What process in the human memory system did he utilize?
retrieval
storage
recognizing
encoding
8
Read the prompt.
retroactive interference
proactive interference
the Ebbinghous effect
latent forgetting
9
What key process is critical when moving new information from sensory memory into short-term memory?
recall
attention
retrieval
analysis
10
The batting averages of MLB players have shown a steady increase over the last 30 years. This parallels the
Whorf effect.
primacy effect.
Flynn effect
recency effect.
11
Read the prompt.
episodic; flashbulb
procedural; semantic
episodic; procedural
semantic; episodic
12
A 6-year old child with a mental age of 6 would have a ratio IQ of
120.
110.
90.
100.
13
A person suffering from anterograde amnesia will
lose past memories but be able to make new ones.
recall past memories but not be able to make new ones.
None of these.
lose past memories and be unable to make new ones.
14
Read the prompt.
analytical
application
practical
creative
15
Read the prompt.
favorite childhood picture
smell of freshly cut grass
seeing his father's old riding mower
seeing himself and his father together
16
Read the prompt.
hindsight bias.
overconfidence bias.
inductive reasoning.
deductive reasoning.
17
___ memory is the conscious recollection of facts and events that you can verbally communicate.
Nondeclarative
Implicit
Procedural
Declarative
18
Read the prompt.
She will look for negative behaviors on the part of the supervisor.
She will look for positive behaviors on the part of her supervisor.
She will forget about the things she has though about her new supervisor.
She will share her feelings with the new supervisor.
19
Read the prompt.
not reliable but valid
reliable and valid.
reliable but not valid.
not reliable and not valid.
20
Which of the following is
NOT
a descriptor of creative thinkers?
risk taker
humorous
flexible
externally motivated
21
If Sammy scores nearly the same every time he takes a test, we know for sure that the test is
All of these.
standardized.
reliable.
valid.
22
According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory of memory, memory storage involves which of the following three systems?
attentive memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
sensory memory, working memory, and short-term memory
sensory memory, selective memory, and long-term memory
sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
23
Your friend suffered serious injury to his cerebellum in a motorcycle accident. What effect will this have on his life?
He will not recognize his wife.
He will not remember how to ride his motorcycle.
He will not remember his name.
He will not remember where he lives.
24
After reading the section of the textbook on concepts, Mary Jo comes to the conclusion that
concepts are a form of cognitive efficency and economy.
concepts are the way people communicate with each other.
concepts are abstract and have few practical applications.
concepts are the reason there are linguistic diff. between ethnic groups.
25
Which of Gardner's intelligences would be LEAST important for a car salesperson?
verbal
mathematical skills
bodily-kinesthetic
interpersonal skills
26
Read the prompt.
flashbulb
iconic
procedural
serial
27
Which of the following would
NOT
be a defining property of the prototype of an airplane?
It is silver.
It has an engine.
It is used for transportation.
It has tires.
28
You've 4 chapters to study for the test. If you decide to use the problem solving strategy of using subgoals, you must
study the learning objectives for each chapter instead of reading them.
breakdown the topics to be studied & focus on each in an organized sequence
decide who should be your study partner.
cram the night before the test.
29
According to decay theory, memories fade because
the cerebellum cannot hold onto information over a long period of time.
the amygdala fails to accurately encode.
a neurochemical "memory trace" disintegrates over time.
synaptic connections are damaged.
30
This concept is best defined as the ability to do well on cognitive tasks, to solve problems & to learn from experience.
mindfullness
intelligence
reasoning
reliability
31
The "Termites" in Terman's study were a group of
below average students.
musicians.
above averate students.
creative thinkers.
32
Read the prompt.
his algorithm for food is different than Abayomi's algorithm.
it is okay to eat the worm stew.
the stew will taste awful.
it would be very unwise to eat this cuisine.
33
Motivated forgetting is usually associated with what type of memories?
traumatic
autobiographical
flashbulb
procedural
34
Read the prompt.
representativeness heuristic.
simulation heruistic.
subgoal strategy.
availability heuristic.
35
Read the prompt.
Validity
Reliability
Norms
Criteria
36
Read the prompt.
Terman
Binet
Wechsler
Gardener
37
Gifted Children are
D. Both A and C are correct.
B. socially maladjusted
A. highly intelligent
C. superior or talented.
38
The addage most appropriate to memory function and aging is
"Use it or lose it."
"Better late than never."
"Seize the moment."
"A little goes a long way."
39
When memorizing -15 letters C I A C B S A B C F B I I R S, she reorganized them into CIA, CBS, ABC, FBI, & IRS. This is
mental structuring
chunking
cueing
visual structuring
40
Read the prompt.
shallowly processed this information.
utilized phonological encoding.
processed this information at an intermediate level.
deeply processed this information.
