Deck 7: Studying, Understanding, and Remembering

Question 1

Which strategy will help you concentrate better when you study?

A) if you have small children, studying before they nap
B) leaving the TV on as background noise as you study
C) forming or joining a study group that meets regularly
D) using apps such as Pandora to stream energetic music while you study

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When trying to maximize your focus and learning, you should ask yourself if you are willing to

A) keep your cell phone on and close by.
B) turn off distracting music or television.
C) skip the reading and get notes from a classmate.
D) study only one or two days before the exam.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

How long does short-term memory last if you do not take action to store the information or move it into your long-term memory?

A) sixty seconds
B) two minutes
C) thirty seconds
D) thirty minutes

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How many chunks of information can a person's short-term memory handle at one time?

A) no more than two
B) five to nine
C) twelve to fifteen
D) twenty or more

Question 5

Which is a type of long-term memory?

A) didactic
B) deep
C) procedural
D) kinesthetic

Question 6

Seamus went horseback riding for the first time in over ten years. He was initially worried he would fall off, but after getting on the horse, his body took over and knew just what to do. Which type of memory allowed Seamus to do this?

A) episodic
B) procedural
C) semantic
D) short-term

Question 7

Which statement about multitasking is true?

A) Multitasking makes you more efficient and productive.
B) Multitasking makes it harder to remember the most important things.
C) Multitasking is a necessity for success in college.
D) Multitasking makes you immune to the daily distractions in your life.

Question 8

Despite what most people believe, memory

A) benefits more from efficient practice than long hours of practice.
B) is photographic for some people, but not for others.
C) is something that cannot be improved for some people.
D) only uses 10 percent of a person's brain power.

Question 9

Visual review sheets that show the relationships between ideas and whose patterns provide you with clues to jog your memory are called

A) flash cards.
B) mind maps.
C) summaries.
D) acrostics.

Question 10

Tori is studying for her Introduction to Philosophy course and wants to create a mind map to help her remember the classical Greek philosophers and their basic philosophical principles. What should Tori do when she sits down to draw her mind map?

A) write her main idea at the top of the page, and then add her major categories in a numbered list below it
B) write her main idea at the bottom of the page, and then add her major categories in clusters above it
C) write her main idea on the right side of the page, and then add her major categories in a recall column on the left side of the page
D) write her main idea in the center of the page, and then add major categories that branch out from the center

Question 11

Which app is used to create mind maps?

A) Blogger
B) Google Drive
C) Total Recall
D) Dropbox

Question 12

Which tool for enhancing your memory can easily be used to study anywhere, such as when waiting for a friend or on the bus?

A) mind maps
B) review sheets
C) flash cards
D) summaries

Question 13

Writing summaries of class topics will help you answer which types of test questions?

A) short-answer and essay questions
B) multiple-choice and true-false questions
C) fill-in-the-blank and essay questions
D) multiple-choice and short-answer questions

Question 14

When writing the first draft of a summary, you should

A) include as much information from the reading as possible.
B) state the purpose of the summary in the first sentence.
C) identify your main points in a numbered list.
D) copy sentences word-for-word from the assigned reading.

Question 15

Mnemonics are methods or tricks used to help you

A) organize effective study groups.
B) read chapters in textbooks more quickly.
C) remember information.
D) determine your learning style.

Question 16

What is a new word created from the first letters of a list or group of words you are trying to remember?

A) a mind map
B) a rhyme
C) an acrostic
D) an acronym

Question 17

The phrase "Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle" is used to help piano students remember the sharps, F, C, G, D, A, E,

A) rhyme.
B) acrostic.
C) acronym.
D) mind map.

Question 18

"I before E except after C or when sounding like A in neighbor and weigh" is used to help students remember the order of vowels when spelling and is an example of a(n)

A) acronym.
B) acrostic.
C) rhyme.
D) visual image.

Question 19

When using visualization, you are most likely to remember the word or concept if the image you choose is

A) ridiculous.
B) complex.
C) an illustration.
D) a graph or chart.

Question 20

Percy sometimes has difficulty remembering what he read and what was discussed in class. He is concerned that if he doesn't improve his memory, he might not do well in college. If Percy asks you for advice on improving his memory, you should suggest that he

A) focus on memorizing words rather than big concepts.
B) avoid overlearning the material.
C) study alone rather than with classmates.
D) make studying part of his daily routine.

Question 21

James is really stressed out because he has a noisy roommate, he's starring in a play this term, and he's taking a full course load. He wants to concentrate on school work, but the stress is getting to him. Which strategy will help reduce James's stress?

A) skipping his workouts for a few weeks
B) staying up late to finish assignments and study
C) eating balanced and filling meals
D) drinking sugary sodas and energy drinks to keep up

Question 22

Lily just lost the final draft of her term paper-she had saved it on her hard drive, but then she spilled soda on her laptop and tech support wasn't able to recover any data. What is a cloud-based storage system that Lily could have used instead to back up her documents?

A) Dropbox
B) Word
C) Excel
D) PowerPoint

Question 23

To learn effectively, you must concentrate on what you hear and read.

Question 24

The more your concentration improves, the more hours you will need to spend studying.

Question 25

Episodic memory involves remembering facts and meanings without regard to where and when you learned those things.

Question 26

To succeed in college, you must improve your ability to think deeply about what you are learning.

Question 27

If you used the Cornell format to take notes, you can use the lists in the recall column to create review sheets.

Question 28

Mnemonics are more useful when what you are studying is logical and organized than when the material lacks a pattern of its own.

Question 29

In college, it is more important to remember big concepts and ideas than to simply memorize words.

Question 30

Your interest, motivation, and purpose for retaining information can affect how you store and remember information.

Question 31

You should consider getting a tutor only if you are failing a course.

Question 32

Cloud storage is not recommended for collaborative projects because only one person can access the stored information.

Question 33

Explain the relationship between concentration and learning. Do you feel that it is possible to have one without the other? Why or why not?

Question 34

Review Table 7.1, Choose to Upgrade Your Learning, at the beginning of this chapter and identify at least three choices that are particularly difficult for you, explain why each is difficult, and describe what you can do to overcome these challenges to improve your learning.

Question 35

List three myths about memory.

Question 36

If you want to store concepts and ideas in your mind, what four questions should you ask yourself as you review your notes and course material?

Question 37

Identify four specific study tools designed to help you remember what you have learned.

Question 38

Using what you learned about mind maps in this chapter, go back and create a mind map for Chapter 6.

Question 39

Write summaries of each of the four main sections of this chapter (Studying in College: Making Choices and Concentrating, How Memory Works, Improving Your Memory, and Studying to Understand and Remember).

Question 40

Discuss how mnemonics can be helpful for remembering information.

Question 41

List four strategies to help remember detailed information.