EDF 3210 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Verona Bishop asks her student "Imagine you could keep everything that ever entered your mind at
one time. What would that be like?" One student responds, "You'd be a genius!" Another responds,
"You'd go crazy!" Why should we side with the second student? - Answers Being bombarded with too
much information at once decreases learning
Which of the following is a false statement about iconic sensory memory? - Answers Iconic sensory
store can hold the meaning of the stimuli
When we are moving our eyes, a type of motion called a "saccade", the visual system is - Answers
Suppressed
According to Tulving's Multiple Memory Systems Model, your knowledge of the answer to this
question would be characterized as what kind of memory: - Answers Declarative
As you are studying for an exam you are attempting to ignore the sounds of a touch football game
outside your window. The mental process of focusing on studying is called: - Answers Selective
attention
Attention is best thought of as: - Answers Resources or procedures you can bring to a task
Data-driven processing is to top-down processing as - Answers bottom-up processing is to
conceptually-driven processing
According to Baddley's Model of Working Memory the articulatory loop can: - Answers Only receive
resources from the Central Executive
What is the capacity of short-term memory? - Answers Limited to approximately five to nine items
Recency effects in recall of word lists has been explained by recall from - Answers short-term
memory.
What did Ebbinghaus's experiments demonstrate about forgetting? - Answers Most forgetting occurs
shortly after the original learning.
Creativity is defined as novel behavior that is - Answers Successful in solving a problem
In order for a syllogism to be logically valid, it must lead to a conclusion that is true in the real-world. -
Answers False
Which of the following refers to informal, intuitive, and often speculative shortcuts in thinking that
may solve a problem but are not guaranteed to do so: - Answers Heuristics
Anchoring can be used to: - Answers Help frame individuals' thinking of amounts
Verona Bishop asks her student "Imagine you could keep everything that ever entered your mind at
one time. What would that be like?" One student responds, "You'd be a genius!" Another responds,
"You'd go crazy!" Why should we side with the second student? - Answers Being bombarded with too
much information at once decreases learning
Which of the following is a false statement about iconic sensory memory? - Answers Iconic sensory
store can hold the meaning of the stimuli
When we are moving our eyes, a type of motion called a "saccade", the visual system is - Answers
Suppressed
According to Tulving's Multiple Memory Systems Model, your knowledge of the answer to this
question would be characterized as what kind of memory: - Answers Declarative
As you are studying for an exam you are attempting to ignore the sounds of a touch football game
outside your window. The mental process of focusing on studying is called: - Answers Selective
attention
Attention is best thought of as: - Answers Resources or procedures you can bring to a task
Data-driven processing is to top-down processing as - Answers bottom-up processing is to
conceptually-driven processing
According to Baddley's Model of Working Memory the articulatory loop can: - Answers Only receive
resources from the Central Executive
What is the capacity of short-term memory? - Answers Limited to approximately five to nine items
Recency effects in recall of word lists has been explained by recall from - Answers short-term
memory.
What did Ebbinghaus's experiments demonstrate about forgetting? - Answers Most forgetting occurs
shortly after the original learning.
Creativity is defined as novel behavior that is - Answers Successful in solving a problem
In order for a syllogism to be logically valid, it must lead to a conclusion that is true in the real-world. -
Answers False
Which of the following refers to informal, intuitive, and often speculative shortcuts in thinking that
may solve a problem but are not guaranteed to do so: - Answers Heuristics
Anchoring can be used to: - Answers Help frame individuals' thinking of amounts
