cognition quiz part 1

Caitlin, a fifth grader, is asked to remember her second-grade teacher's name. What measure of retention will Caitlin use to answer this question?

• storage

• recall

• recognition

• encoding

• relearning

In history class, James is effortfully connecting the new material to what he has learned in the past. This making of connections in the moment best describes James'

• echoic memory

• iconic memory

• sensory memory

• long term memory

• working memory

Meloni's new friend from another state just gave her his phone number. As she goes to enter the number into her contacts list she finds that she cannot remember all the numbers in their right order. Which of the following is the best explanation for this failure?

• Being 10 digits long, the number is beyond Miller's

  "magic number."

• She was so excited that she could not type the

  numbers fast enough.

• 1. She lacks photographic memory.

• 1. Because the number was so short, she did not pay enough attention to it.

• 1. Her iconic memory disrupted her encoding of the number.

Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words?

• Thinking about how the words relate to your own lite

• 1. Practicing the words for a single extended period

  
  

• 1. Breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions

  
  

• 1. Noticing where in a sentence the words appear

• Focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words

Which of the following is an example of the serial position effect?

• 1. Remembering the most important assignment you have to complete for school tomorrow

• 1. Remembering the skills you learned early in life, such as walking

• 1. Remembering the beginning and end of your grocery list, but not the items in the middle

• 1. Remembering the names of co-workers you met at your new job

• Remembering where you left your cell phone when you cannot find it

Which of the following is an example of a flashbulb
memory?

• 1. Barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the sunlight reflected off the water.

• 1. Robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause- effect relationship because his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again.

• Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment because the day was very emotional for her.

• 1. Kris has stronger memories of her second grade teacher than she does of her third grade teacher because her second grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor.

• Anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination.

John has noticed that he does better on his chemistry exams when he takes them in the same seat that he sits in during class than when he sits in a different seat for exams. If he is properly prepared for each exam, then may explain his difference in scores.

• recall

• 1. context effects

  
  

• 1. explicit memory

  
  

• 1. the serial position effect

  
  

• flashbulb memory