“Why bother! We'll forget all of the information, anyway.” On the basis of current evidence, an appropriate response is

“I disagree. We can remember a lot when we learn to take an active role."

registers stimuli briefly while we decide if they will be processed further

Remembering an important date in history because it is the same as your dads birthday is an effective type of learning

the new information is associated with something you already know.

What is selective attention?

Process of reacting to certain stimuli selectively

Having a French storyteller come into your French class to tell a story will probably

enhance learning since unusual events often command a student's attention.

Psychologists believe information in long-term memory (LTM) is organized in by schemata. Schemata can be defined as

abstract structures of information.

If you were required to help students learn the capitals of all fifty states, the best approach to follow would be to

divide the states into groups and study a group during 15 minute periods

Information held in long-term memory has the effect of

influencing what we selectively perceive and find meaningful.

The process of recognition is best described as one that involves

relating stimulus information to information stored in long-term memory.

What is massed practice?

Large amounts of practice with only a few breaks

Information already stored in long-term memory

influences what we attend to and find meaningful.

Long-term memory (LTM) refers to information

that is permanently stored and available for possible retrieval.

Which of the following represents the proper sequence of cognitive processes that occur as we process information?

attention, recognition, transformation, storage, retrieval

Research has shown that the attention span of school-age children

can be increased with practice at any age.

Bringing a juggling clown into your eighth-grade classroom to aid you in teaching some elementary physics concepts

may work well, since unpredictable or unusual events often draw attention

You attempt to dial a new number, only to discover that you've forgotten the number. Why is this true?

Information in working memory began to disappear after twenty seconds or so

relatively permanent with "unlimited capacity"

Why does organizing the digits 1-9-7-6-1-5-8-8 into the dates 1976 and 1588 make learning the series of digits easier?

It provides cues and reduces the number of chunks to be learned.

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1
Choosing an answer that you decide is correct by relating the question to information already stored in long-term memory
recognition
attention
chunking
rehearsal
2
“Why bother! We'll forget all of the information, anyway.” On the basis of current evidence, an appropriate response is
“I disagree. Learning does not decay over time if you frequently review.”
“I disagree. We can remember a lot when we learn to take an active role."
“I agree. However, it will be easier to relearn if you memorize it now.”
“I agree. No matter how hard we try, we forget most of what we learn.”
3
What is the capacity of the sensory register?
Small
Limited
Large
Miniscule
4
The sensory register
registers sense impressions in more or less permanent form.
holds up to seven bits of information for a brief time period.
is essentially the same as working memory.
registers stimuli briefly while we decide if they will be processed further
5
Repeating the punch line of a joke over and over to yourself while trying to find pencil and paper to write it down is
chunking
maintenance rehearsal
rote rehearsal.
elaborative rehearsal.
6
Remembering an important date in history because it is the same as your dads birthday is an effective type of learning
this kind of chunking always makes memorizing dates easier.
it is a type of maintenance rehearsal that enhances learning.
the date is firmly established in short-term memory.
the new information is associated with something you already know.
7
What is selective attention?
Process of reacting to certain stimuli selectively
The length of time a person is able to concentrate
A disorder that involves difficulty paying attention
only paying attention when you want to
8
The serial position effect is most likely to operate for which of the following types of material?
an algebraic formula
a geometric proof
a list of spelling words
a biological concept
9
A student who relates a lecturer's statement that molecular structure is of a crystalline to looking in a microscope
chunking.
metacognition
elaborative rehearsal
maintenance rehearsal
10
Having a French storyteller come into your French class to tell a story will probably
enhance learning if this is a typical instructional activity.
enhance learning since unusual events often command a student's attention.
have no facilitating effect on students' learning French.
detract from the lesson because students will be too distracted to learn.
11
Information moves into working memory, which has the capacity to hold___bits of___information for about twenty seconds
seven; unrelated
ten; organized
eleven; recognized
four; encoded
12
What are memory aids that use vivid imagery and organizational devices?
Chunking
Echoic memory
Mnemonics
Ionic memory
13
A critical control process takes place during sensory register stage of the information-processing model is known as
perception
selective attention
chunking
recognition
14
Psychologists believe information in long-term memory (LTM) is organized in by schemata. Schemata can be defined as
abstract structures of information.
emotional representations of information.
concrete analogies of abstraction concepts.
simplistic representations of ideas.
15
Short term memory turns to long term memory when ?
sensory memory
encoded
you remember it
attention is paid to it
16
Which concept refers to the ability that allowed Sonya to recognize her failure to comprehend?
metaphysical inference
metacognitive processing
perceptual intervention
cognitive flexability
17
If you were required to help students learn the capitals of all fifty states, the best approach to follow would be to
have students put pins in each state as they memorize each capital.
have them work at the task for an hour every Monday morning.
divide the states into groups and study a group during 15 minute periods
organize the states into areas and students learn all the capitals
18
Information held in long-term memory has the effect of
creating pathways to the sensory register.
allowing us to automatically memorize what is in the sensory register.
influencing what we selectively perceive and find meaningful.
allowing short-term memory to be bypassed in information processing.
19
The process of recognition is best described as one that involves
perception and attention.
relating stimulus information to information stored in long-term memory.
focusing on that part of a stimulus array that is of most interest.
storing information for a few seconds for possible processing.
20
What is massed practice?
Small amounts of practice with lots of breaks
All of the above
Practicing a skill as a whole
Large amounts of practice with only a few breaks
21
Information already stored in long-term memory
allows us to memorize automatically what is in the sensory register.
influences what we attend to and find meaningful.
creates pathways to the sensory register.
. allows short-term memory to be bypassed in information processing.
22
Long-term memory (LTM) refers to information
that is no longer retrievable.
that is permanently stored and available for possible retrieval.
learned decades ago rather than last week
learned in the form of long lists.
23
The information-processing approach to analyzing cognitive functioning stresses all but which one of the following?
attention
storage
retrieval
reinforcement
24
A student's selective focusing on the term metacognition is known as
elaborative rehearsal
discriminant encoding
retrieval
attention
25
Which of the following represents the proper sequence of cognitive processes that occur as we process information?
attention, recognition, transformation, storage, retrieval
perception, attention, recognition, transformation, retrieval
attention, transformation, recognition, storage, retrieval
perception, attention, recognition, storage, retrieval
26
Research has shown that the attention span of school-age children
can be increased up to the age of seven, but not thereafter.
is limited to short periods of time and small amounts of information.
is related to their intelligence.
can be increased with practice at any age.
27
When, in order to explain geometric concepts, you ask students to imagine a flagpole and its shadow, you are employing
mnemonics
metacognition
concrete analogy
maintenance rehearsal
28
Bringing a juggling clown into your eighth-grade classroom to aid you in teaching some elementary physics concepts
may work well, since unpredictable or unusual events often draw attention
probably won't work, since students will be too excited to learn.
will work if the clown has a good command of physics.
will probably have no effect on whether students learn the physics concepts
29
You attempt to dial a new number, only to discover that you've forgotten the number. Why is this true?
Information in long-term memory was not properly stored.
Information in short-term memory was improperly encoded.
Information in working memory began to disappear after twenty seconds or so
Information in the sensory register was not sufficiently attended to.
30
Insight into one's learning processes seems to
decrease with age.
be related to success in math or science classes.
increase with age.
change very little over the lifespan
31
Long Term Memory is
absolute permanent with "limited capacity"
absolute permanent with "unlimited capacity"
relatively permanent with "unlimited capacity"
relatiely permanent with "limited capacity"
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Why does organizing the digits 1-9-7-6-1-5-8-8 into the dates 1976 and 1588 make learning the series of digits easier?
It provides cues and reduces the number of chunks to be learned.
It increases the chunking capacity of long-term memory.
It makes use of both maintenance and elaborative rehearsal.
It eliminates the need to devise mnemonic devices.
33
Computer software that students find engaging and allows them to work together in small groups. This describes..
intergrated learning system
drill-and-practice
virtual environments
tutorial

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