Stefano worked at his desk preparing his presentation for English class. He finished his rough draft and sent it to the printer. His printer only printed the first page and signaled that it was out of paper. Stefano decided to make a list of what he needed to get at the store besides printer paper. Then he realized that his route to the store takes him past his girlfriend's house. He thinks about stopping for a minute, but then remembers that he borrowed a tool from her dad. He needs to return the tool. This type of memory retrieval is:
a. spreading activation.
b. reconstruction.
c. a script.
d. procedural.
Ques. 2When Deion was in the first grade, he realized that he didn't learn math as fast as most other children. He took tests, and the psychologist informed him and his mom that Deion had a learning disability and would likely continue to struggle with math. As a third grader, Deion reads when it's time to do math seatwork. He believes he is unable to learn math. He has developed:
a. additional learning disabilities.
b. learned helplessness.
c. general intelligence deficit.
d. learning style preferences.
Ques. 3A child listens to the sound of the letter k and watches the teacher write the letter k on the chart paper. Then the teacher tells the child to recall the character in yesterday's story who has a name that begins with the sound made by the letter k. What element or process of working memory is being used?
a. Phonological loop
b. Visuospatial sketchpad
c. Automaticity
d. Episodic buffer
Ques. 4A teacher asks students to compare two leaders, identifying similarities and differences in their leadership styles. What type of memory do the students need to use to complete this task?
a. Intrinsic
b. Semantic
c. Implicit
d. Episodic
Ques. 5As a seven-year-old boy, Dean likes to catch butterflies and moths. He is fascinated by the colors and patterns on their wings. Today he saw several monarchs and caught one in his net. In his mental representations of butterflies and moths, the monarch he caught today is:
a. a concept.
b. a defining attribute.
c. a prototype.
d. an exemplar.
Ques. 6Which of the following middle school students is using the element of working memory known as the phonological loop to hold information?
a. Jerita is drawing a map of the counties in her state and highlighting the counties that produce the most corn.
b. Marcus is writing an essay on the topic of his choice, and he chose to write about global warming.
c. Suri is solving an algebra problem using the model presented in her text.
d. Darrin is working with his partner to create harmony on a new piece for band.
Ques. 7Kele has a history assignment that requires her to recall the events of World War II taking place in the Pacific and in Europe. She plans to draw a timeline showing the timing of major battles on both fronts, their duration, and their overlapping timeframes. Which kind of cognitive load is required for her to do the deep processing related to the assignment and apply knowledge from two units as well as skills learned in other courses?
a. Intrinsic
b. Extraneous
c. Germane
d. Episodic
Ques. 8Mr. McKay teaches about 100 students in his senior English classes in a large high school. If his students match the national norms for twelfth graders, how many of his students probably used marijuana, alcohol, or other illicit drugs in the past 30 days?
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25
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