Exam 8: Cognitive Views of Learning

Mr.Kawicki is teaching his sixth-grade science students about the scientific method.Students are instructed about each component of the method first in order to understand the whole process.This instructional strategy is based on what concept?

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Question 21

Long-term memory holds information that is currently activated.

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Question 22

What you are thinking about right now is being held in what type of memory?

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Question 23

Compare and contrast long-term and working memory with regard to storage,capacity,and retrieval.

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Question 24

The greater difficulty of remembering items in the middle of a list,compared to beginning or ending items,is referred to as the ________ effect.

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Question 25

Megan tries to remember the address,10 Anchor Street,by imagining a ten-dollar bill attached to the anchor of a ship.She is using a memory strategy called

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Question 26

Consciously applied skills of organizing thoughts and actions to reach a learning goal are called domain-specific strategies.

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Question 27

Maria has excellent study habits.She seems to know just what to review and how long to spend on each part of every course.Maria is applying what type of knowledge?

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Question 28

The process that occurs when remembering certain information is hampered by the presence of other information is called ________.

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Question 29

Identify and describe the procedures of three different mnemonic strategies.

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Question 30

A script is viewed by cognitive theorists as useful

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Question 31

Propositional networks are defined most accurately as

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Question 32

If a student tries very hard to remember the name of a book author,he or she is searching knowledge stored as an explicit memory.

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Question 33

The three stages in the development of an automated skill are cognitive,associative,and ________.

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Question 34

Which one of the following statements is consistent with the cognitive approach to learning?

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Question 35

Based on studies of context,in what location would a student be likely to perform best on an educational psychology test?

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Question 36

While taking his final exam,Jerry recalled one item of information that caused him to remember another piece of information related to the question.What phenomenon has he just experienced?

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Question 37

In discussing the concept "fruit," the teacher says "...and fruits come in practically all colours." The teacher is identifying a(n)

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Question 38

Older cognitive views of learning emphasized the acquisition of knowledge,although newer approaches stress ________ of knowledge.

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Question 39

Top-down processing is distinguished by its reliance on a(n)

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Mr.Kawicki is teaching his sixth-grade science students about the scientific method.Students are instructed about each component of the method first in order to understand the whole process.This instructional strategy is based on what concept?

Long-term memory holds information that is currently activated.

What you are thinking about right now is being held in what type of memory?

Compare and contrast long-term and working memory with regard to storage,capacity,and retrieval.

The greater difficulty of remembering items in the middle of a list,compared to beginning or ending items,is referred to as the ________ effect.

Megan tries to remember the address,10 Anchor Street,by imagining a ten-dollar bill attached to the anchor of a ship.She is using a memory strategy called

Consciously applied skills of organizing thoughts and actions to reach a learning goal are called domain-specific strategies.

Maria has excellent study habits.She seems to know just what to review and how long to spend on each part of every course.Maria is applying what type of knowledge?

The process that occurs when remembering certain information is hampered by the presence of other information is called ________.

Identify and describe the procedures of three different mnemonic strategies.

A script is viewed by cognitive theorists as useful

Propositional networks are defined most accurately as

If a student tries very hard to remember the name of a book author,he or she is searching knowledge stored as an explicit memory.

The three stages in the development of an automated skill are cognitive,associative,and ________.

Which one of the following statements is consistent with the cognitive approach to learning?

Based on studies of context,in what location would a student be likely to perform best on an educational psychology test?

While taking his final exam,Jerry recalled one item of information that caused him to remember another piece of information related to the question.What phenomenon has he just experienced?

In discussing the concept "fruit," the teacher says "...and fruits come in practically all colours." The teacher is identifying a(n)

Older cognitive views of learning emphasized the acquisition of knowledge,although newer approaches stress ________ of knowledge.

Top-down processing is distinguished by its reliance on a(n)

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