Chapter 7 Quiz Review

Students are most likely to

• underestimate their performance.

• not assess their performance at all.

• provide accurate assessments of their performance.

• overestimate their performance.

Illusions of competence refers to

• being overconfident.

• having high self-efficacy.

• magic tricks.

• having high self-esteem.

According to research by Karpicke and Blunt, which group performed the best?

• Sleeping on your book

• Repeated study of your notes

• Retrieval practice, testing

• Concept mapping

____________Theory refers to how we interpret our successes and failures.

• Illusion of Competence

• Self-Actualization

• Attribution

• Behavioral Modification

Attributing your successes and failures to ___________ is most productive.

• Hair Color

• Luck

• Effort

• Personality

A(n) _______________ is an example of an external, unchangeable attribution.

• snowstorm

• headache

• effort

• intelligence

According to the attribution theory, if you have failed a test and you focus on internal factors, then you probably believe

• the test was too hard.

• that you need to work harder to get ready for the next test.

• it was the teacher's fault for not preparing you.

• that the teacher doesn't like you.

Which of the following mistakes is the best one to make?

• Mark doesn't do his part of the presentation and the whole group gets a lower grade.

• Tom ignores the dates on the syllabus and doesn't turn his work in on time and gets a zero.

• Sam fails a practice test that does not count towards his grade.

• Ted fails a quiz in the classroom that is worth 15% of his grade.

According to the book's author, what type of mistakes should be avoided?

• Mistakes that can harm you or others.

• The same mistakes over and over.

• Both of these

• Neither of these

One of the differences between cognitive and outcome feedback is that cognitive feedback occurs ______ and outcome feedback occurs ___________.

• after receiving a grade; during homework

• while you are sleeping; after you wake up

• after receiving an assignment grade; after semester grades are given

• during homework; after receiving a grade