Exam 6: Learning and Cognitive Processes

Three of the following teachers are using strategies that should help students learn information effectively.Which one is not necessarily promoting effective cognitive processing?

Which one of the following statements best describes the usefulness of concept mapping?

Three of the following statements accurately describe the kinds of diversity in cognitive processes that researchers have identified.Which statement is not accurate?

Which one of the following best reflects use of the sensory register component of memory?

Four students are storing this fact: "Europeans first settled at St.Augustine, Florida, in 1565." Which student is probably going to have the most difficult time retrieving the information from long-term memory a few days later?

It is difficult to think about too many things all at the same time-a fact that reflects:

Sarah needs to know her division facts for a quiz tomorrow.She wants to do as well as she possibly can on the quiz.Based on findings regarding automaticity, which one of the following would be the best advice to give Sarah?

You go to an art museum on a Sunday afternoon.Judging from researchers' findings with respect to hot cognition, which one of the following paintings are you most likely to remember?

The textbook recommends a number of strategies for increasing students' attention in the classroom.Which one of the following, while possibly beneficial for other reasons, is not necessarily recommended as a strategy for increasing attention?

Some early psychologists argued that thinking cannot be observed and so cannot be studied objectively and scientifically.How would a cognitive psychologist be most likely to respond to this argument?

Three of these teachers will probably promote meaningful learning in their students. Which one is unlikely to do so?

To learn how to spell rhinoceros, Paula repeats its letters over and over without really thinking about what she is saying.Considering research findings about the effectiveness of rehearsal, we can predict that Paula's strategy will be:

Three of the following statements are accurate about students with special needs.Which one is not accurate?

Which one of the following statements best describes situated learning as it affects retrieval?

Gretchen thinks about Christopher Columbus, which reminds her of Spain, which in turn reminds her that she needs to do her homework for her Spanish class.Which one of the following does Gretchen's train of thought best illustrate?

Three of the following are commonly accepted explanations of forgetting.Which one is not?

Mr.Gainer wants to teach his students good form in shooting a basketball.Given what we know about teaching procedural knowledge, which strategy is least likely to be effective in helping students learn the procedure correctly?

Mr.Martinez wants his first-grade students to be able to identify 200 reading words at the level of automaticity.Which one of the following techniques will best help his students achieve that goal?

Which one of the following is the best example of hot cognition?

Reynelda has trouble tracing a complex shape with a pencil when she is in kindergarten, but she can do it quite well by the time she is in second grade.Is this an instance of learning?