Study unit 4.1 - Quizizz

What is metacognition?

• Capacity to monitor or control thoughts

• Storing information

• Developing new concepts

• Remembering past experiences

Productive thinking involves daydreaming and fantasising

• True

• False

What is true about concept formation

• Only applies to visual information

• Develop your own unique concepts or ideas about objects in the world

• Categories belong to a hierarchical structure.

• Requires memorizing facts rather than understanding patterns

Which term represents a mental representation of a category

• Schema

• Prototype

• Concept

• Memory

What is an example of a prototype for a bird?

• African Grey

• Feathers

• Bird

• Talking

A possible schema for a snake is "poisonous"

• True

• False

Memory is defined as

• The process of forming new ideas based on creativity.

• A storeroom for information

• The ability to process new information through logical thinking

• Related to past experiences, learning, evaluations, and prior knowledge.

Why is memory important?

• It enables people people to perform their jobs.

• It ensures employees can guess answers without learning.

• It allows employees to avoid difficult tasks.

• For problem-solving

What are the three stages of memory?

• Short term

• Sensory

• Medium term

• Long-term

Short-term memory focuses on information received through your senses

• True

• False