Liberty University EDUC 500 QUIZ 4

EDUC 500 QUIZ 4

·         Question 1

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The process of maintaining a thought in working memory is called:

·         Question 2

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The duration of this structure of memory can last up to four seconds.

·         Question 3

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When the senses receive stimuli, the mind immediately begins working on some of them. Therefore, the sensory images of which we are conscious are not exactly the same as what we saw, heard, or felt. Which of the following terms relates most closely to these statements?

·         Question 4

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Initial-letter strategies include:

·         Question 5

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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?

·         Question 6

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About half of the class (group A) knows more about the Democratic party while the other half (group B) knows more about the Republicans. The teacher presents a weeklong lesson on both parties. Which of the following is likely, based on schema theory?

·         Question 7

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Two students are shown a variety of tools in a woodworking class. The first one is asked to name the tools and the second is asked to indicate several possible uses of each tool. Later, they are asked to recall which tools they were shown. What would be predicted by levels-of-processing theory?

·         Question 8

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Which of the following forms of test taking requires the learner to engage in high-level processing of content and thereby enhancing memory and understanding?

·         Question 9

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By engaging in this study strategy, a student identifies main ideas, then diagrams connections between them.

·         Question 10

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According to the text author, which of the following strategies facilitates learning and remembering?

·         Question 11

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How can teachers help their students to develop automaticity?

·         Question 12

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This phase of memory capacity can hold up to seven items.

·         Question 13

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The four Rs in the acronym PQ4R stand for:

·         Question 14

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A professor is teaching about the lymph system and uses the example of water moving through a sponge. This is an example of which cognitive teaching strategy?

·         Question 15

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As the chair of the language department, you suggest that your new teacher of Chinese consider introducing a process to help students learn the vocabulary more easily. Which approach would be most appropriate for you to suggest, according to the text author?

·         Question 16

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What is the name for the component of memory that holds current thoughts?

·         Question 17

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An example of proactive facilitation would be:

·         Question 18

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Which of the following statements about attention is accurate?

·         Question 19

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A visiting curriculum evaluation team criticized a school district for teaching too much inert knowledge. A disadvantage, they said, is that, according to educational psychologists, inert knowledge is:

·         Question 20

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A student remembers a long list of outdoor sculptures by imagining each piece on top of a different campus building, along Campus Drive. What memory strategy is being used?

·         Question 21

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Which of the following is an example of proactive inhibition?

·         Question 22

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Graphs, charts, and tables can lose their effectiveness for organization if they:

·         Question 23

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A seventh-grade middle school science teacher wants students to know a particular organism they studied under a microscope. Based on the dual code theory, what is the best strategy for students to use?

·         Question 24

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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?

·         Question 25

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Schemata consist of:

·         Question 26

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What is the term used by cognitive psychologists to refer to the process of thinking about material to be learned in a way that connects the material to information or ideas already in the learner’s mind?

·         Question 27

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In a research study, subjects were asked to count backwards by threes while trying to memorize nonsense letters. A major implication of the findings was:

·         Question 28

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Rote learning can be characterized as:

·         Question 29

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Which of the following is an example of retroactive facilitation?

·         Question 30

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A teacher planned to take a class to the art museum for the first time. Before the trip, the teacher shared prints illustrating how the artwork at the museum is grouped into historical periods. When the actual visit took place, students saw many works of art (for the first time) and were amazed at how readily they were learning to recognize them. The orientation process students experienced is referred to as: