PSYC 365 FINAL QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Eunice has had trouble remembering the formula for calculating the area of a circle, so
she is saying it to herself over and over again as her teacher passes out a geometry
test. Eunice is demonstrating:
Storage in the sensory register
The use of maintenance rehearsal
The use of chunking
Retrieval from working memory - Answers - > The use of maintenance rehearsal
Considering current views regarding the capacity of working memory, which one of the
following sets of information could be held entirely in working memory?
The names of 20 friends
The visual images of 20 friends
Two pages of narrative from a mystery novel
A list of five miscellaneous household objects - Answers - > A list of five miscellaneous
household objects
Which one of the following scenarios reflects the typical duration of working (short-term)
memory?
Barney looks up the correct spelling of the word fossil and closes the dictionary. By the
time he finds a piece of paper on which to write the word, he has forgotten how to spell
it.
Carol remembers most of the information that she has been learning about World War II
in class this week, but she remembers very little of what she learned about World War I
two weeks ago.
At 9:00 a.m., Darrell makes a mental list of the five items he needs to purchase at the
grocery store at the end of the day. At noon, he checks himself and realizes that he still
remembers all five. At 3:00 p.m., however, he discovers that he has forgotten three of
the five items.
Arnie's family spends a summer at his grandmother's house and is able to remember
his grandmother's telephone number for the two months he is there. However, he
,quickly forg - Answers - Barney looks up the correct spelling of the word fossil and
closes the dictionary. By the time he finds a piece of paper on which to write the word,
he has forgotten how to spell it.
William is trying to remember his new nine-digit social security number, and he does so
by thinking of its three groups of three digits each. William is demonstrating:
The use of maintenance rehearsal
Storage in the sensory register
Retrieval from working memory
The use of chunking - Answers - The use of chunking
Susan is introduced to Jerry. She immediately smiles and says, "Hello Jerry." A minute
later, she wants to introduce Jerry to her friend Mary, but she cannot remember his
name. Based on this information, how far in Susan's memory system did Jerry's name
get?
It reached the sensory register
It reached long-term memory
It reached working memory
It never got into the memory system at all - Answers - It reached working memory
Only one of the following teachers is applying contemporary memory theory. Which
one?
Ms. Cranston asks her students to memorize definitions of 15 geometric figures.
Mr. Dominowski suggests that his students put information for tomorrow's test in their
short-term memories.
Mr. Bancroft helps students identify important ideas in their textbooks.
Ms. Alphonso suggests that students in her Russian class listen to Russian tapes while
they sleep. - Answers - Mr. Bancroft helps students identify important ideas in their
textbooks.
Each of the following teachers is reviewing materials their students will need to know for
the upcoming final exam. Three of the following teachers are reviewing in a way that is
sensitive to their students cognitive load capacity? Which teacher is not?
,Mr. Daniels stops and repeats difficult concepts and often re-words confusing
information.
Mr. Andrews puts all of the information students will need to know for the exam on the
board and instructs the students to copy it into notes.
Mr. Brown presents the information separated into sections. He completes one section
before moving on to the next.
Mr. Carey presents the information slowly and includes many examples and
illustrations. - Answers - Mr. Andrews puts all of the information students will need to
know for the exam on the board and instructs the students to copy it into notes.
The textbook recommends a number of ways in which to increase students' attention in
class. Which one of the following is not recommended?
Have several different activities going on simultaneously.
Vary the method of presentation.
Place easily distractible students near the teacher.
Ask questions frequently. - Answers - Have several different activities going on
simultaneously.
Which one of the following examples best illustrates involvement of a central executive
in the human memory system?
Brigette works hard to keep her mind on her textbook as she reads.
David is frightened the first time he hears the loud noises at a fireworks display.
Adam absentmindedly cracks his knuckles every minute or two.
As she sits in a science lecture, Claudia's thoughts continually drift to other topics -
Answers - Brigette works hard to keep her mind on her textbook as she reads.
Which one of the following kinds of knowledge is least likely to be dependent on active,
conscious processing to be learned? Base your choice on research findings presented
in the textbook.
Knowing the Los Angeles is approximately 3,000 miles from New York.
Knowing that the word cat appears in speech more often than feline.
Knowing how to start a fire using crumpled newspaper and small twigs.
, Knowing that football, lighthouse, and airport are all compound words. - Answers -
Knowing that the word cat appears in speech more often than feline.
Which one of the following statements best characterizes the duration of the sensory
register?
Information can last indefinitely in the sensory register if the visual auditory image is
occasionally retrieved.
Most visual information lasts less than a second, with auditory information lasting
slightly longer.
Meaningless information fades quickly, but meaningful information may remain for
hours.
Information remains for about ten seconds regardless of its nature. - Answers - Most
visual information lasts less than a second, with auditory information lasting slightly
longer.
Which one of the following pairs illustrates two different levels of processing?
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; thinking about how a bear and a dog are
similar.
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair ; deciding whether bear rhymes with deer.
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; deciding whether actual rhymes with natural.
Thinking about how a bear and a dog are similar; thinking about how a chair and a table
are similar. - Answers - Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; thinking about how a
bear and a dog are similar.
Occasional review of previously learned material helps our memory for that material by:
increasing assocations with other things we know
promoting controlled processing
increasing the precision of our visual images
limiting the spread of activation - Answers - increasing assocations with other things we
know
Eunice has had trouble remembering the formula for calculating the area of a circle, so
she is saying it to herself over and over again as her teacher passes out a geometry
test. Eunice is demonstrating:
Storage in the sensory register
The use of maintenance rehearsal
The use of chunking
Retrieval from working memory - Answers - > The use of maintenance rehearsal
Considering current views regarding the capacity of working memory, which one of the
following sets of information could be held entirely in working memory?
The names of 20 friends
The visual images of 20 friends
Two pages of narrative from a mystery novel
A list of five miscellaneous household objects - Answers - > A list of five miscellaneous
household objects
Which one of the following scenarios reflects the typical duration of working (short-term)
memory?
Barney looks up the correct spelling of the word fossil and closes the dictionary. By the
time he finds a piece of paper on which to write the word, he has forgotten how to spell
it.
Carol remembers most of the information that she has been learning about World War II
in class this week, but she remembers very little of what she learned about World War I
two weeks ago.
At 9:00 a.m., Darrell makes a mental list of the five items he needs to purchase at the
grocery store at the end of the day. At noon, he checks himself and realizes that he still
remembers all five. At 3:00 p.m., however, he discovers that he has forgotten three of
the five items.
Arnie's family spends a summer at his grandmother's house and is able to remember
his grandmother's telephone number for the two months he is there. However, he
,quickly forg - Answers - Barney looks up the correct spelling of the word fossil and
closes the dictionary. By the time he finds a piece of paper on which to write the word,
he has forgotten how to spell it.
William is trying to remember his new nine-digit social security number, and he does so
by thinking of its three groups of three digits each. William is demonstrating:
The use of maintenance rehearsal
Storage in the sensory register
Retrieval from working memory
The use of chunking - Answers - The use of chunking
Susan is introduced to Jerry. She immediately smiles and says, "Hello Jerry." A minute
later, she wants to introduce Jerry to her friend Mary, but she cannot remember his
name. Based on this information, how far in Susan's memory system did Jerry's name
get?
It reached the sensory register
It reached long-term memory
It reached working memory
It never got into the memory system at all - Answers - It reached working memory
Only one of the following teachers is applying contemporary memory theory. Which
one?
Ms. Cranston asks her students to memorize definitions of 15 geometric figures.
Mr. Dominowski suggests that his students put information for tomorrow's test in their
short-term memories.
Mr. Bancroft helps students identify important ideas in their textbooks.
Ms. Alphonso suggests that students in her Russian class listen to Russian tapes while
they sleep. - Answers - Mr. Bancroft helps students identify important ideas in their
textbooks.
Each of the following teachers is reviewing materials their students will need to know for
the upcoming final exam. Three of the following teachers are reviewing in a way that is
sensitive to their students cognitive load capacity? Which teacher is not?
,Mr. Daniels stops and repeats difficult concepts and often re-words confusing
information.
Mr. Andrews puts all of the information students will need to know for the exam on the
board and instructs the students to copy it into notes.
Mr. Brown presents the information separated into sections. He completes one section
before moving on to the next.
Mr. Carey presents the information slowly and includes many examples and
illustrations. - Answers - Mr. Andrews puts all of the information students will need to
know for the exam on the board and instructs the students to copy it into notes.
The textbook recommends a number of ways in which to increase students' attention in
class. Which one of the following is not recommended?
Have several different activities going on simultaneously.
Vary the method of presentation.
Place easily distractible students near the teacher.
Ask questions frequently. - Answers - Have several different activities going on
simultaneously.
Which one of the following examples best illustrates involvement of a central executive
in the human memory system?
Brigette works hard to keep her mind on her textbook as she reads.
David is frightened the first time he hears the loud noises at a fireworks display.
Adam absentmindedly cracks his knuckles every minute or two.
As she sits in a science lecture, Claudia's thoughts continually drift to other topics -
Answers - Brigette works hard to keep her mind on her textbook as she reads.
Which one of the following kinds of knowledge is least likely to be dependent on active,
conscious processing to be learned? Base your choice on research findings presented
in the textbook.
Knowing the Los Angeles is approximately 3,000 miles from New York.
Knowing that the word cat appears in speech more often than feline.
Knowing how to start a fire using crumpled newspaper and small twigs.
, Knowing that football, lighthouse, and airport are all compound words. - Answers -
Knowing that the word cat appears in speech more often than feline.
Which one of the following statements best characterizes the duration of the sensory
register?
Information can last indefinitely in the sensory register if the visual auditory image is
occasionally retrieved.
Most visual information lasts less than a second, with auditory information lasting
slightly longer.
Meaningless information fades quickly, but meaningful information may remain for
hours.
Information remains for about ten seconds regardless of its nature. - Answers - Most
visual information lasts less than a second, with auditory information lasting slightly
longer.
Which one of the following pairs illustrates two different levels of processing?
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; thinking about how a bear and a dog are
similar.
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair ; deciding whether bear rhymes with deer.
Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; deciding whether actual rhymes with natural.
Thinking about how a bear and a dog are similar; thinking about how a chair and a table
are similar. - Answers - Deciding whether bear rhymes with chair; thinking about how a
bear and a dog are similar.
Occasional review of previously learned material helps our memory for that material by:
increasing assocations with other things we know
promoting controlled processing
increasing the precision of our visual images
limiting the spread of activation - Answers - increasing assocations with other things we
know
