psych mod 1

Which of the following one sentence summaries of the science of learning is most accurate?

In terms of learning and memory, it's not just the time you spend that matters, but how you spend it.

How does forgetting facilitate learning?

Material that is partly forgotten and then re-learned is retained longer than material that is learned quickly and easily.

Of the following examples, which is the most important factor in encoding information to be remembered later?

actively processing the meaning of the material

Working memory capacity is related to:

all are correct

Hugh is studying for his geography exam. He is in a hurry, so he focuses on the main points of the text by highlighting. He skips all the examples that the authors provide to illustrate each main point. Hugh is using which type of strategy?

an ineffective study strategy and will probably not retain many of the main ideas that he reads.

Which of the following is a good example of a working memory task?

calculating a multiplication problem in your head

Which of the following is NOT related to working-memory capacity?

implicit learning

Remembering information about a stimulus in addition to what you intended to remember (such as position on a page) is called:

incidental learning

The term metacognition refers to:

our thoughts and knowledge about how our learning and memory work

Of the following examples, which is the best way to encode material that you want to learn?

reading a word and thinking about how it relates to you

An effective way to make sure that you will remember something a long time from now (such as in an upcoming exam) is to:

review the material at regular intervals

According to memory research, studying is most effective if study sessions are:

short and across several days

The individual plays an important role in memory acquisition. Which of the following is LEAST likely to have an effect on memory?

the amount of money that you are reimbursed for learning the materials.

Transfer-appropriate processing is likely to occur if:

the type of encoding matches the type of retrieval task

The principle of _____________ states that memory is better when the test taps the same type of knowledge as the original encoding activity.

transfer appropriate processing

Memory performance is enhanced if the type of task at encoding matches the type of task at retrieval. This is called:

transfer-appropriate processing