Self-efficacy is most likely to increase when students observe ___?___ performing a
challenging task
a. experts
b. peers
c. parents
d. teachers
Ques. 2Traditional college classroom lectures are best suited to promote the acquisition of
a. automaticity
b. schemata
c. scripts
d. flashbulb memories
Ques. 3Which statement best describes flashbulb memories?
a. they are completely accurate
b. they are more accurate than other memories
c. they are less accurate than other memories
d. they are no more or less accurate than other memories
Ques. 4The view of forgetting that is most compatible with encoding specificity is
a. cue-dependent forgetting
b. decay
c. proactive interference
d. retroactive interference
Ques. 5Retrieval from long term memory is
a. reconstructive
b. state-dependent
c. linked to encoding
d. all of the above
Ques. 6The major effect of Thorndike's research on the study of Latin was to cast into doubt:
a. the broad transferability of cognitive skills.
b. the genetic basis for measured intelligence.
c. the whole-language approach in the teaching of reading.
d. the situated quality of cognition.
Ques. 7Having a location or song bring back many forgotten memories is an example of
a. implicit memory
b. resource-limited processing
c. encoding specificity
d. metacognition
Ques. 8Elaborative interrogation is an instructional strategy in which students
a. work in small cooperative groups
b. generate questions before reading
c. monitor their comprehension
d. are asked why questions after reading
Ques. 9The generation effect occurs at
a. encoding only
b. retrieval only
c. both A and B
d. neither A or B
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