Exam 8: Long-Term Memory Storage and Retrieval Processes

One of the history teachers below is violating a principle recommended for promoting long-term memory storage during instruction. Which teacher is doing so?

To help herself learn the early explorers of the New World, Jessica makes a chart that lists the Spanish explorers together, the Portuguese explorers together, the French explorers together, and so on. Which one of the following processes is Jessica most clearly demonstrating?

Jenny is taking a quiz, which asks for the chemical symbols of 20 elements. She remembers 19 of them but cannot remember the symbol for mercury. As she walks home from school, she suddenly remembers that the symbol for mercury is Hg. Jenny's memory problem during the quiz can best be explained in terms of:

Occasional review of previously learned material helps our memory for that material by:

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.

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

Which one of the following examples best illustrates a problem with prospective memory?

Lucy sees a boy who looks very familiar to her, but she can't remember who he is. Then the boy says something with a thick French accent, and Lucy suddenly realizes that he is the foreign exchange student from France. In this situation, the boy's French accent helps Lucy remember by:

After meeting a new neighbor, Shandra mistakenly calls him "David" on several occasions. Eventually the neighbor kindly corrects her, saying, "My name is actually Darren." After that, Shandra correctly calls the man "Darren," but initially she has to work hard not to call him "David" instead. Which one of the following concepts best characterizes the change in Shandra's memory?

Three of the following statements are examples of possible advance organizers for a geometry lesson. Which statement is not an advance organizer as the term is typically defined?

To learn how to spell rhinoceros, Paula repeats the letters of the word over and over again 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:

As a teacher, you want your classroom assessments to help students learn class subject matter more effectively. With the textbook's discussion of classroom assessment practices in mind, describe three strategies you can use to help your assessments become valuable learning tools for your students.

The four students described below are using visual imagery to try to remember information. Considering what theorists and researchers say about the strengths and weaknesses of visual imagery, only one student is likely to remember this information accurately. Which one?

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

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?

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

Nora was thinking about something else the day her teacher explained the difference between the words between and among, so she has trouble using these two prepositions correctly. Nora's problem "remembering" the difference between the words can probably best be explained as:

Occasionally people have false memories, "recalling" events that never actually happened. Three of the following false memories are consistent with research findings regarding when false memories are likely to form. Which one is inconsistent with research findings?

Explain how the process of construction is often involved in long-term memory storage. Illustrate your explanation with a concrete example.

A teacher who wants students to elaborate on the material they are studying would be well advised to: