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WorksheetsSpring Quiz 3
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Retrograde amnesia is a condition in which people lose the ability to access memories they had before a brain injury.
True
False
Learning aids or strategies that use retrieval cues to improve access to memory are called:
False memories
Mnemonics
Algorithms
False memories
