Spring Quiz 3

To do his math homework, Brandon looked at the formulas and solved the problems by keeping track of the variables that he manipulated in his mind. However, when Brandon took a math test, he could not recall the formulas. Brandon’s problem during the test reveals that he most likely did not retain the information in his ______________.

• Sensory storage

• Working memory

• Long-term storage

• Short-term storage

What is the name of the process that you use to focus on information and work with it so that it can be passed into short-term storage, kept in short-term storage through working memory, and then moved into long-term storage?

• Encoding

• Attention

• Retrieval

• Chunking

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Lexie is in 5th grade and needs to learn the names of the Great Lakes. Her teacher tells her to remember the word “HOMES,” which stands for Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. Lexie’s teacher is suggesting that she remember the names of the Great Lakes primarily by using __________ encoding.

• visual

• acoustic

• implicit

• semantic

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

 Suraj has never been to the local bakery, but his smartphone says the address is 510 East Main Street. He knows that address must be five blocks east of University Street. And he can visually imagine the florist’s shop right next to it. Suraj is using a(n) __________ to think about the bakery.

• analogical representation

• mental map

• symbolic representation

• concept

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

 Tiffany says, “I believe cheerleading is a sport. It is competitive and takes a lot of athletic ability!” Hugh says, “You’re crazy! Cheerleading is not a sport. All they do is shake pom-poms and spell things loudly.” Tiffany and Hugh clearly disagree about the __________ of sport.

• concept

• prototype

• exemplar

• schema

After seeing the movie Shark Attack 3D, Joaquin refused a friend’s invitation to go swimming at the beach. If Joaquin refuses because he is remembering the bloody shark attacks in the movie, then his decision is best explained by

• the effect of framing

• the availability heuristic

• an algorithm

• the representativeness heuristic

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Bradley is often stressed because he suffers from severe arthritis. If Bradely is also very dissatisfied with his life and has very few close friends, then he is likely to become ill according to the ____________

• Theory of well-being

• Biopsychosocial model

• Fight-or-flight response

• General adaptation syndrome

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Most diets succeed primarily because of the body’s natural defense against weight loss.

• True

• False

 Problem-focused coping is…

• A type of coping in which people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor

• A type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor

• A type of coping in which people try to prevent having any response to a stressor

• A type of coping in which people take direct steps to attack or maximize a stressor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Elizabeth has to give an oral presentation in 15 minutes. He is very ansious and experiencing shortness of breath, dilated pupils, and a huge lump in his throat. Kenny is most likely experiencing the ________ stage of Selye’s general adaptation syndrome.

• Immune

• Resistance

• Alarm

• exhaustion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3