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Psych 160 Exam 3 Questions answers latest update
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Psych 160 Exam 3 Questions answers latest update
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Psych 160 Exam 3The information-processing approach to learning - likens the human mind to a
computer
Which is the BEST description of a typical short-term memory? - fairly brief
duration (seconds) and small capacity (seven or so items)
Shirley is introduced to her friend's mother. While Shirley heard the woman's
name, she had no idea what the woman's name was immediately after it was
spoken. It is MOST ACCURATE to say that the woman's name - never made it past
Shirley's sensory register
Ethel looks up the phone number of a gas station and remembers it just long
enough to walk over to the telephone and dial. When she is dialing, the
information is contained in her - short-term memory
If information fails to be encoded it is _____ to remember. - impossible
Learning how to drive a car requires deliberate coordination of mental processes
but eventually becomes almost effortless. This "effortlessness" is the concept of: -
automatic/procedural memory
, A memory that occurs without any conscious effort, is BEST referred to as -
implicit
Which statement concerning memory is TRUE? - Working-term memory provides
a temporary space for processing information.
Helton is watching his favorite baseball player in a homerun derby and is trying to
remember all of the movements that this player makes before he hits a long ball
so that he can also become a big league player. Which of the following would
BEST represent the consolidation stage of this process? - his organizing the
information into a form that can be stored in long-term memory
Allison is attempting to recall the code number that she uses to unlock her high
school locker. As she tries different combinations, a part of her consciously keeps
track of the combinations of numbers she has already tried. Information
processing theorists would refer to this aspect of Allison's cognitive system as her
- executive control process
The intelligence test developed by Binet and Simon (1904) was specifically
designed to - determine which school children were likely to be slow learners
An average five-year-old would have - both a chronological and mental age of five
Who would have the highest IQ? - Tom, who is 10-years-old and who has a mental
age of 15
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