Exam 9: Long-Term Memory I: Storage and Encoding

After his class returns from a field trip to the local historical museum, Mr. Cordova asks his students to write an essay describing the things they learned at the museum. Considering factors that influence memory storage, which one of the following effects should writing the essay have on what the students will later remember about the field trip?

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?

You are watching a movie on television. Which one of the following statements best describes how your eyes are helping you perceive the movie?

Which one of the following is an accurate statement concerning how analogies affect learning?

As Jane reads about General Custer's last stand, she pictures him as he must have looked, with long blonde hair and a full mustache, riding tall and proud on the open plain just before he was attacked. Considering research findings regarding the effectiveness of visual imagery, we can predict that Jane will:

The author of the textbook suggests that teachers should repeat important points several times in their classroom lectures. The rationale behind this suggestion is that:

The textbook describes perception as being both less and more than sensation. Give a concrete example of a way in which perception is less than sensation. Also, give a concrete example of a way in which perception is more than sensation.

In an early investigation of memory, Frederic Bartlett asked students to read a story called The War of the Ghosts and then on later occasions asked them to recall the story. Bartlett made a number of observations about how students' recollections of the story were different from the story itself. Which of the following was not one of his observations?

Which one of the following best illustrates automaticity?

Which one of the following is the best example of an advance organizer?

Choose a topic with which you are familiar, and imagine that you have to give a half-hour lecture on that topic. Describe your topic, then explain in concrete terms the steps you would take in your lecture to maximize the likelihood that your listeners would engage in: a. meaningful learning b. internal organization c. elaboration d. visual imagery

Nicole learns the formula "E = mc2" by repeating it to herself over and over again. Which one of the following processes is Nicole most clearly demonstrating?

Which one of the following alternatives best characterizes the process of elaborating new information?

Students' prior knowledge about a topic often influences their ability to learn something new about the topic. Explain how students' prior knowledge is involved in each of the following long-term memory storage processes: a. Meaningful learning b. Organization c. Elaboration d. Visual imagery

Tyler learns that Christopher Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic was financed by Queen Isabella of Spain. He thinks to himself, "She probably thought she would make a profit on her investment." When he stops to consider the queen's motives, Tyler is demonstrating which one of the following processes?

Which one of the following statements best illustrates prior knowledge activation in a geometry lesson?

Of the following four teachers, which one is probably presenting an ambiguous stimulus to students?

Which one of the following is the best example of controlled processing?

Mr. Gaydos wants to teach a group of people how to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Three of the following strategies should help his students learn the maneuver more effectively. Given what we know about teaching procedural knowledge, which strategy is least likely to be effective in helping students learn the procedure correctly?

A student reads the statement, "To be or not to be, that is the quastion," and fails to notice the typographical error in the word question. This proofreading error can best be explained by considering the role of _________ in long-term memory storage.