Leo received an assignment for a huge term project. He is already beginning to plan what he is going to do with the project. Based on previous experience, Leo will also monitor his work as it is ongoing, and then evaluate it once it has been completed. These higher order executive processes are included in which of Sternberg's subtheories?
a. experiential
b. contextual
c. componential
d. adaptational
Ques. 2Jonathan looks up a phone number in the phone book. In order to remember it while he dials it, he repeats the number over and over to himself. Jonathan's continuous repetition of the number is termed _______.
a. rehearsal
b. chunking
c. priming
d. sensing
Ques. 3Jonathan looks up a phone number in the phone book. In order to remember it while he dials it, he repeats the number over and over to himself. Jonathan must continuously repeat the number because he is using which memory system?
a. short-term memory
b. long-term memory
c. episodic memory
d. sensory memory
Ques. 4Tests usually cause anxiety in students. Students learn to become anxious when they take tests because they are graded and evaluated. But if a teacher starts giving tests in which students are given a second chance to improve their grades, test anxiety may diminish. After a vacation, however, the first self-graded test may elicit more nervousness from students than did the last self-graded test given before the vacation. This is an example of which of the following?
a. contingency
b. spontaneous recovery
c. satiation
d. acquisition
Ques. 5Any relatively permanent change in thought or behavior that occurs as a result of experience.
a. cognition
b. maturation
c. learning
d. context
Ques. 6Chrissie loves to play with sparklers. She enjoys writing her name and creating designs with them in the air. The trail of light Chrissie sees is really only a byproduct of which memory system?
a. chunks
b. long-term memory
c. short-term memory
d. sensory memory
Ques. 7Very large, possibly unlimited capacity; it is capable of storing information for very long periods of time, possibly indefinitely.
a. chunks
b. long-term memory
c. short-term memory
d. sensory memory
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