6.03 Quiz: Your Own Test Case

True of False? When you cram for a test, the recency effect will help you remember all information from your study session.

False

A student finishes an exam before the allotted time has expired. What should the student do next?

Proofread the answers and review the problems that were difficult.

The process of moving a piece of knowledge from your working memory to your long-term memory through repetition:

mental rehearsal

This is the tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily than other item:

primacy effect

This is the tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items:

recency effect

Which of the following is NOT an effective strategy when taking multiple choice tests? Read all the answer choices and then pick the best answer. Skip the hard questions and come back to them later. Start with Question 1 and answer them all in order. Eliminate the obviously wrong answers and then make your best guess.

Start with Question 1 and answer them all in order.

Which of the following is an example of academic integrity? Trading your math homework for your friend's French assignment, so you can both concentrate on studying for an upcoming physics exam. Keeping your Phone on your desk during an exam with an Internet browser window open. Taking a paragraph from a classmate's discussion board posting and including it in your book report, citing her by name and using quotation marks around her words.

Taking a paragraph from a classmate's discussion board posting and including it in your book report, citing her by name and using quotation marks around her words.

True of False? If you break it up information that you are studying into small, manageable chunks, you'll avoid the need to cram.

True

True or False? With mental rehearsal, you go over a piece of information or a task list in your mind—practicing it without actually doing it.

True

Which of the following is the best reason not to cheat on an exam? Your teacher will think you know more than you do. You will lose self-respect and the trust placed in you by the teacher and the school. You won't know which material you still need to learn. An answer you copy might be wrong.

You will lose self-respect and the trust placed in you by the teacher and the school.