M6 Connect Assignment: Ch06: Encoding, Levels of Process

Catie meets a boy named Hunter and really wants to remember his name so that she can impress him the next time she sees him. According to levels-of-processing theory, she should

focus on the meaning of Hunter and imagine a hunter in the woods.

Talking on the phone while driving a car is an example of

multitasking

attention is what you need when you are trying to concentrate and the people near you are being very noisy.

selective

Roger is on a date with Kara in a crowded restaurant. In order to pay attention to what Kara is saying, Roger must "tune out" all of the other noises in the restaurant and just focus on her voice. This is an example of

selective attention.

You are having fun joking around with the new boy in your school. There are some other students talking not too far away, but you don't even realize they are there until you hear one of them say your name. This is an example of

selective attention.

Marguerite is taking a course in Latin. She says that she is doing her homework for the course, but she is having a hard time trying to remember all of the vocabulary words for the tests. She has been creating flashcards and routinely practicing them. Which of the following best describes the level-of-processing with which Marguerite is analyzing her Latin vocabulary?

shallow-level processing

attention is what you need most when you have a long, boring chapter to read.

sustained

You have been writing that dreaded term paper all night. It's 3 A.M. and you are very tired. You finally decide to quit and go to bed after you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over. In this example, you have lost the ability to use which kind of attention?

sustained attention

According to the levels-of-processing theory,

the deeper you process information, the more likely you will remember it.

Attention is defined as

the limited capacity to process information under our conscious control

The process by which information gets into memory storage is called

encoding.

During a psychology lecture, you check your social media updates regularly on your mobile device. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Because you are less focused, you are more likely to encode information for memory.

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of multitasking?

Fran is eating popcorn while watching a movie.

In thinking about memory like a computer, encoding would be like

a keyboard.

Jamal likes to study while listening to music. His ability to focus on both his homework and the music at the same time is an example of

divided attention.