1300 EDUC Chapter 7 review

Which is not a myth about memory ?

• Some people are stuck bad memory

• People use only 10 percent of their brain power

• Memory benefits from long hours of practice.

• The more you learn about a particular topic, the easier it is to learn even more. How you organize the information is more important than the quantity.

The key to truly comprehending new material is _____, and it is not easy.

• Concentration

• Distraction

• Procrastination

• Inattention

Semantic memory involves facts & meanings without regard to where and when you learned those things

• True

• False

A(n) _____ is a word that is created from the first letters of several other words.

• Rhyme

• Anomaly

• Acronym

• Acrostic

Multitasking is believed to be more efficient

• True

• False

ROY G. BIV is a common way students are taught to remember the colors of the visible light spectrum: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. ROY G. BIV is a(n)

• visualization.

• acrostic.

• rhyme.

• acronym

Carl is really popular on trivia night because he's sure to know the most obscure factoids on almost every subject. This indicates that Carl has a very developed _____ memory.

• semantic

• episodic

• procedural

• short-term

Which of these people is using procedural memory?

• Kelsey, who is patching her coat the way her grandmother taught her to many years ago

• Gavin, who is telling a story about a time he and his father got lost in the woods years ago

• Brandon, who is recalling that December 7, 1941 is the anniversary of the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed

• Samantha, who is following the instructions for heating a frozen meal for her lunch

If you learn by looking at something repeatedly, you are a(n) _____ learner.

• visual

• casual

• shallow

• aural

A(n) _____ is a review sheet that includes both words and visual elements.

• mind map

• acrostic

• summary

• acronym