An individual's informal understanding of memory, including the ability to accurately assess memory problems and to monitor the effectiveness of their remembering strategies, is called ____.
a. metamemory
b. metacognition
c. metacognitive knowledge
d. meta-analysis
Question 2Gina and David are both 12 years old. Given what we know about adolescent height and weight growth spurts, which would you expect to find?
a. David is taller than Gina.
b. Gina is taller than David.
c. David weighs more than Gina.
d. They would be the same height and weight as neither have entered the adolescent growth spurt.
Question 3The best example of metamemory would involve knowing that
a. a 10-word list of unfamiliar foreign words will be harder to recall than a 20-word list of familial words.
b. whales are mammals, not fish.
c. two numbers added together produce a sum that his greater than either number alone.
d. foreign words come from another country.
Question 4Which of the following is TRUE regarding the adolescent growth spurt?
a. Boys grow more during their spurt than do girls.
b. Girls grow more during their spurt than do boys.
c. Growth depends upon degree of physical activity.
d. Both boys and girls add an average of 13 inches to their height.
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