Explain how metacognition varies with respect to gender, linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, ...

Explain how metacognition varies with respect to gender, linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, and learners with exceptionalities.
 
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Ques. 2

Older students recognize the need for taking notes while younger ones do not, so we see older students taking notes but don't see younger ones doing it. Of the following, this observation is most closely related to which of the following concepts related to information processing?
 
  a. Attention
  b. Metamemory
  c. Perception
  d. Rehearsal

Ques. 3

Of the following, which is the most valid conclusion about the benefits, or non-benefits, of social connection for people's physical health?
 
  a. Social connection is beneficial for the health of people with outgoing personalities, but for people who tend to be more self-absorbed, few benefits of social connection have been found.
  b. Social connection has been found to be beneficial for emotional health, but social connection has little or no influence on physical health.
  c. Social connections are beneficial for both the emotional and physical health of young people, but as people age, social connections become less and less important.
  d. Social connections are highly beneficial for both emotional and physical heath of people in general.

Ques. 4

According to research, which of the following is the most valid conclusion about social influences in our lives?
 
  a. Because our chances of survival increase if we are socially connected, we have evolved as a species to become innately social beings.
  b. People are not innately social beings, but they develop social characteristics if their parents encourage social connection and provide social experiences.
  c. People who are born with extraverted personality traits need social connections, but people who are born with introverted personalities do not need social connection.
  d. People in societies that have considerable social mobility become socially oriented beings, but people who live in societies with strong social stratification become more nearly solitary individuals.

Ques. 5

With respect to social relationships and influences, which of the following statements best describes people?
 
  a. People, in general, tend to be solitary creatures and interact with others primarily as a means of survival.
  b. People, in general, tend to be social animals who enjoy interacting with, and being in the company of, others.
  c. Low income people tend to be social, whereas wealthier people tend to prefer being alone unless their business contacts require interaction with others.
  d. Members of cultural minorities tend to be social in nature, whereas members of non-minorities tend to prefer a more nearly solitary existence.

Ques. 6

Learners' awareness of and their ability to control the strategies they use to remember information are best described as their:
 
  a. metamemory.
  b. cognition.
  c. elaboration.
  d. retrieval.

Ques. 7

Learners' knowledge and control over mental processes, such as attention, communication, and memory are best described as their:
 
  a. perception.
  b. encoding.
  c. learning.
  d. metacognition.