Psychology - Module 23

If one has NOT studied well for a test, in which format is one likely to get a higher score?

recognition

Jaylen found the item number of the product she wanted to order from a catalog. To remember the 11-digit number, 19772552901, she thought of the number as the year her best friend was born (1977) and her aunt's phone number (255-2901). Jaylen was using the strategy of _____ to help her remember the item number.

chunking

An elementary school teacher is testing her pupils' retention of state capitals. In Part I of the test, students must match some capitals to the correct states. In Part II, students have to supply the correct capital for each of several states. Part I is a _____ test of memory, and Part II is a _____ test.

recognition; recall

Rory agreed to join a biology study group. When the study group leader gave him her phone number, he had nothing on which to record the number. So, Rory repeated the number to himself several times until he found a pen to write the number on his hand. The process Rory used to encode the number into longer-term memory is called:

rehearsal.

Although one might wish that studying occurred automatically, unfortunately, successful studying requires the attention and conscious work known as:

effortful processing.

While taking his statistics exam, Charles is trying to remember a statistical formula that he studied the night before. However, he cannot seem to recall the correct information. With respect to the three memory processes described in the textbook, Charles is failing to _____ information from his long-term memory.

retrieve

Short-term memories have a limited life without:

active processing.

Martha is studying the chapter on personality for her psychology exam. In order to make it easier to remember the Big Five traits (openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism), she uses the first letter of each trait to spell "OCEAN." Martha is using a(n) _____ device.

mnemonic

The simultaneous processing of many aspects of a problem or stimulus is called _____ processing.

parallel

Millie has been having difficulties remembering what people have just said. She is unable to follow along during her favorite television shows. Millie is having difficulty with her _____ memory.

short-term

Massed practice refers to:

studying for long periods without breaks.