Question 1

Describe what is meant by the "cognitive perspective" and discuss how this perspective differs from behavioural orientations to learning.

Accepted Answer

The cognitive perspective is a philosoph

Question 2

Marc starts talking to Joyce about the field trip to the zoo,which reminds him of the book he read on tigers last week.He concludes by telling Joyce that the new library is very easy to use.This phenomenon illustrates the concept of

Accepted Answer

A) construction of the working memory. 
B) deactivation of the active memory. 
C) reconstruction of the working memory. 
D) spreading activation. 
A) construction of the working memory. 
B) deactivation of the active memory. 
C) reconstruction of the working memory. 
D) spreading activation.

Question 3

Which one of the following persons most clearly illustrates the concept of elaboration?

Accepted Answer

A) Alicia asks the teacher to define percentages in a different way than how they were defined in the text. 
B) Bart calculates percentages for the homework problems assigned by the teacher. 
C) John recognizes that he can use percentages in calculating his team's batting average. 
D) Mary rehearses the steps for computing the statistics needed to describe the school population. 
A) Alicia asks the teacher to define percentages in a different way than how they were defined in the text. 
B) Bart calculates percentages for the homework problems assigned by the teacher. 
C) John recognizes that he can use percentages in calculating his team's batting average. 
D) Mary rehearses the steps for computing the statistics needed to describe the school population.

Question 4

Little Billy was accustomed to seeing Officer Sam O'Reilly walking around the block,but then one day he met Officer Sally Murdock.Billy gave her a suspicious look and said,"You can't be an officer,you're a lady." Billy's concept of a police officer was probably

Accepted Answer

A) based on a male prototype. 
B) derived primarily from defining attributes. 
C) refined from a complex schema. 
D) verbal rather than intellectual. 
A) based on a male prototype. 
B) derived primarily from defining attributes. 
C) refined from a complex schema. 
D) verbal rather than intellectual.

Question 5

The memory system that initially receives stimuli from the environment is the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The memory system that initially receives stimuli...

Question 6

Dr.Beach used to be a typical 'absent minded professor.' However,she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk,bookshelf,and file cabinet.The mnemonic device that she used is

Accepted Answer

A) an acronym. 
B) chunking. 
C) the keyword method. 
D) the loci method. 
A) an acronym. 
B) chunking. 
C) the keyword method. 
D) the loci method.

Question 7

Mark can answer the physics problem because of patterns of knowledge stored in his long-term memory,which he did not intentionally try to learn.This situation involves Mark using his

Accepted Answer

A) explicit memory. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) short-term memory. 
D) episodic memory. 
A) explicit memory. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) short-term memory. 
D) episodic memory.

Question 8

A photographer shoots a flashbulb directly into your eyes.For the next few seconds,all you can see are big blue dots everywhere you look.What type of memory is most directly involved in this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) Long-term 
B) Semantic 
C) Sensory 
D) Working 
A) Long-term 
B) Semantic 
C) Sensory 
D) Working

Question 9

Explain the role of attention in learning,giving suggestions for teachers to increase student attentiveness to the lesson.

Accepted Answer

Our senses are continually bombarded wit

Question 10

Categories that group similar events or things are called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Categories that group similar events or things...

Question 11

You are asked to learn 100 world cities,so you divide the cities into their continents and set about your task.You are more likely to succeed than someone who begins to learn the states at random,because your system

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A) capitalizes on the serial-position effect by fragmenting the task. 
B) employs cues to organize your transfer from sensory memory. 
C) helps you encode the names of the cities at the time of recall. 
D) minimizes proactive interference through the 'blocking' effect. 
A) capitalizes on the serial-position effect by fragmenting the task. 
B) employs cues to organize your transfer from sensory memory. 
C) helps you encode the names of the cities at the time of recall. 
D) minimizes proactive interference through the 'blocking' effect.

Question 12

According to Woolfolk,the basic purpose of mnemonic aids is to

Accepted Answer

A) increase students' motivation to learn material requiring rote memorization. 
B) make connections between the information to be memorized. 
C) rehearse old information in order to implant it in the working memory. 
D) set up a system of rewards for remembering items that are not connected. 
A) increase students' motivation to learn material requiring rote memorization. 
B) make connections between the information to be memorized. 
C) rehearse old information in order to implant it in the working memory. 
D) set up a system of rewards for remembering items that are not connected.

Question 13

The typical student who "crams" the night before an important exam is attempting to use massed practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Forgetting due to the serial-position effect can be reduced through the use of

Accepted Answer

A) massed practice. 
B) part learning. 
C) relearning. 
D) rote memorization. 
A) massed practice. 
B) part learning. 
C) relearning. 
D) rote memorization.

Question 15

Knowing specific facts or knowing how to do something is called verbal information or ________ knowledge.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Knowing specific facts or knowing how to...

Question 16

Compared to the behaviouristic orientation,the cognitive perspective recognizes people as what type of learners?

Accepted Answer

A) Active 
B) Egocentric 
C) Passive 
D) Social 
A) Active 
B) Egocentric 
C) Passive 
D) Social

Question 17

Recognizing stimuli by feature analysis is a form of bottom-up processing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Ms.Gentry took her tenth-grade biology students to the Horticulture Garden.The students were able to observe and classify a wide variety of exotic plants.Students in her class are likely to remember the names and characteristics of those plants because of

Accepted Answer

A) automaticity. 
B) context. 
C) meta-components. 
D) retrieval. 
A) automaticity. 
B) context. 
C) meta-components. 
D) retrieval.

Question 19

Bottom-up processing refers to the way people examine a new stimulus for

Accepted Answer

A) contextual cues. 
B) contrasting details. 
C) perceptual closure. 
D) recognizable features. 
A) contextual cues. 
B) contrasting details. 
C) perceptual closure. 
D) recognizable features.

Question 20

A prototype is a false instance of a concept.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Describe what is meant by the "cognitive perspective" and discuss how this perspective differs from behavioural orientations to learning.

Marc starts talking to Joyce about the field trip to the zoo,which reminds him of the book he read on tigers last week.He concludes by telling Joyce that the new library is very easy to use.This phenomenon illustrates the concept of

Which one of the following persons most clearly illustrates the concept of elaboration?

Little Billy was accustomed to seeing Officer Sam O'Reilly walking around the block,but then one day he met Officer Sally Murdock.Billy gave her a suspicious look and said,"You can't be an officer,you're a lady." Billy's concept of a police officer was probably

The memory system that initially receives stimuli from the environment is the ________.

Dr.Beach used to be a typical 'absent minded professor.' However,she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk,bookshelf,and file cabinet.The mnemonic device that she used is

Mark can answer the physics problem because of patterns of knowledge stored in his long-term memory,which he did not intentionally try to learn.This situation involves Mark using his

A photographer shoots a flashbulb directly into your eyes.For the next few seconds,all you can see are big blue dots everywhere you look.What type of memory is most directly involved in this phenomenon?

Explain the role of attention in learning,giving suggestions for teachers to increase student attentiveness to the lesson.

Categories that group similar events or things are called ________.

You are asked to learn 100 world cities,so you divide the cities into their continents and set about your task.You are more likely to succeed than someone who begins to learn the states at random,because your system

According to Woolfolk,the basic purpose of mnemonic aids is to

The typical student who "crams" the night before an important exam is attempting to use massed practice.

Forgetting due to the serial-position effect can be reduced through the use of

Knowing specific facts or knowing how to do something is called verbal information or ________ knowledge.

Compared to the behaviouristic orientation,the cognitive perspective recognizes people as what type of learners?

Recognizing stimuli by feature analysis is a form of bottom-up processing.

Ms.Gentry took her tenth-grade biology students to the Horticulture Garden.The students were able to observe and classify a wide variety of exotic plants.Students in her class are likely to remember the names and characteristics of those plants because of

Bottom-up processing refers to the way people examine a new stimulus for

A prototype is a false instance of a concept.

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Learner Differences and Learning Needs

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Culture and Diversity

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Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation

Motivation in Learning and Teaching

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Exam 8: Cognitive Views of Learning

Describe what is meant by the "cognitive perspective" and discuss how this perspective differs from behavioural orientations to learning.

Marc starts talking to Joyce about the field trip to the zoo,which reminds him of the book he read on tigers last week.He concludes by telling Joyce that the new library is very easy to use.This phenomenon illustrates the concept of

Which one of the following persons most clearly illustrates the concept of elaboration?

Little Billy was accustomed to seeing Officer Sam O'Reilly walking around the block,but then one day he met Officer Sally Murdock.Billy gave her a suspicious look and said,"You can't be an officer,you're a lady." Billy's concept of a police officer was probably

The memory system that initially receives stimuli from the environment is the ________.

Dr.Beach used to be a typical 'absent minded professor.' However,she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk,bookshelf,and file cabinet.The mnemonic device that she used is

Mark can answer the physics problem because of patterns of knowledge stored in his long-term memory,which he did not intentionally try to learn.This situation involves Mark using his

A photographer shoots a flashbulb directly into your eyes.For the next few seconds,all you can see are big blue dots everywhere you look.What type of memory is most directly involved in this phenomenon?

Explain the role of attention in learning,giving suggestions for teachers to increase student attentiveness to the lesson.

Categories that group similar events or things are called ________.

You are asked to learn 100 world cities,so you divide the cities into their continents and set about your task.You are more likely to succeed than someone who begins to learn the states at random,because your system

According to Woolfolk,the basic purpose of mnemonic aids is to

The typical student who "crams" the night before an important exam is attempting to use massed practice.

Forgetting due to the serial-position effect can be reduced through the use of

Knowing specific facts or knowing how to do something is called verbal information or ________ knowledge.

Compared to the behaviouristic orientation,the cognitive perspective recognizes people as what type of learners?

Recognizing stimuli by feature analysis is a form of bottom-up processing.

Ms.Gentry took her tenth-grade biology students to the Horticulture Garden.The students were able to observe and classify a wide variety of exotic plants.Students in her class are likely to remember the names and characteristics of those plants because of

Bottom-up processing refers to the way people examine a new stimulus for

A prototype is a false instance of a concept.

Learning, teaching, and Educational Psychology

Cognitive Development and Language

Self and Social and Moral Development

Learner Differences and Learning Needs

Language, language Diversity, and Immigrant Education

Culture and Diversity

Behavioural Views of Learning

Complex Cognitive Processes

The Learning Sciences and Constructivism

Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation

Motivation in Learning and Teaching

Creating Learning Environments

Teaching Every Student

Classroom Assessment,grading,and Testing

Filters