EPC 420 - Educational Psychology of Adolescence » Spring 2023 » Quiz 7 Slavin Ch 6- Cognitive Theories of Learning

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Question #1
The cognitive theory of learning that describes how individuals take in, work with, store, and retrieve information about the world is called:
A.   serial learning.
B.   information processing.
C.   behaviorism.
D.   dual code.
Question #2
Schemata consist of:
A.   frameworks for organizing ideas in memory.
B.   recall strategies through which episodic memory is accessed.
C.   strategies or game plans for solving problems.
D.   whatever information we are conscious of at a given moment.
Question #3
How can teachers help their students to develop automaticity?
A.   Make some parts of a task more noticeable so that they stand out.
B.   Integrate motor skills with cognitive skills in learning new material.
C.   Be sure that certain parts of a task are practiced until they become second nature, so that more concentration can be given to other parts.
D.   Draw on multiple memory components rather than on selected components only.
Question #4
A student uses the term ROY G BIV to remember the colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. What type of memory strategy is this?
A.   Initial-letter
B.   Pegword
C.   Rhyming
D.   Loci
Question #5
Initial-letter strategies include:
A.   imagery.
B.   acronyms.
C.   keywords.
D.   locations.
Question #6
Rote learning can be characterized as:
A.   involving arbitrary associations.
B.   underused in the traditional classroom.
C.   involving innate knowledge.
D.   relating new material to existing knowledge.
Question #7
Which of the following statements about attention is accurate?
A.   Attention is a limited resource.
B.   Attention is the mental repetition of information.
C.   Attention is the tendency to organize stored memories.
D.   One way to gain attention is to reduce emotional content of subject matter.
Question #8
This part of long-term memory is responsible for the storage of the ability and knowledge to do activities.
A.   Sensory registry
B.   Procedural memory
C.   Episodic memory
D.   Semantic memory
Question #9
The process of maintaining a thought in working memory is called:
A.   repository.
B.   rehearsal.
C.   elaboration.
D.   automaticity.
Question #10
A teacher tries to help a student recall an event that took place during a field trip to the natural history museum by saying, "Remember, it was the time when you went off to see the skeletons." Which memory component was most directly involved?
A.   Semantic memory
B.   Massed practice
C.   Short-term memory
D.   Episodic memory

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