Question 1

What is the influence if attention on learning

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Attention causes physical arousal which activates the brain chemicals that help us learn

Question 2

A learning curve represents

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the gradual and increased retention of material learned through mnemonic devices

Question 3

Roger drinks coffee with caffeine in it nd Mary feels slightly anxious before a test. What is true

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The coffee and caffeine both stimulate them similarly, causing brain chemicals to be released that will help learning

Question 4

How do amphetamines affect learning

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They overstimulate the brain and create poorconditions for learning

Question 5

What acts as a depressant to block the release of brain chemicals that might aid learning?

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Some preservatives, alcohol, and the consumption of six hot dogs

Question 6

According to state-dependent learning, learning is dependent on

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The state of the body at the time of learning

Question 7

While it is true that emotional involvement and humor can aid learning

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Too much humor will interfere with learning

Question 8

If Rosa learns one language which later interferes with the learning of another language, this is called

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Negative transfer

Question 9

If Rosa had an easier time learning the second language because she already knew the first it is called

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Positive Transfer

Question 10

Taking in, storing, and retrieving information

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Information processing

Question 11

Schema's are useful because

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They help us solve problems, provide a mental outline of a problem, and they help us analyze a problem in a matter of seconds

Question 12

When unusual objects were placed in a room, recall of that room was

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Lower than usual

Question 13

Storing material using the maximum number of associations is called

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Elaboration

Question 14

What is a limitation of mnemonic devices

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They only work when applied at the beginning of learning something

Question 15

Mnemonic devices aid memory by

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Creating unusual associations with material to be memorized

Question 16

What is not an example of chunking

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Creating a story about a list ofitems that need to be remembered

Question 17

When using principle learning we focus on

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The main idea of what is to be learned

Question 18

Forgetting can be best described as

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An increase in errors while trying to recall stored inormation

Question 19

The forgetting curve illustrates how material is forgotten

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After increasing intervals of time

Question 20

If you have to give a speech without notes at the end of the week, how will overlearning help

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It will help you overcome the forgetting curve

Question 21

Essay tests rely mainly on ____, and matching tests rely primarily on _____

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Recall ... recognition

Question 22

According to the interference theory, why would we have dificulty remembering the names of 10 people we just met

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The names are competing for space in the memory storage system

Question 23

What best describes how memories are probably stored

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Memories are stored in some sort of physical chemical codes

Question 24

Which of the following is not true of synapses

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Certain chemicals between synapses are more efficient than others

Question 25

Electrically stiulating different parts of the brain has taught us

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That one stimulation can trigger a serise of nerve firings and produce a memory

Question 26

Max suffers amnesia. He will most likely

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Do a&c only

Question 27

Why does amnesia occur after an injury

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All of the above

Question 28

The sensory memory system

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Holds sights and sounds for a few seconds

Question 29

When witnesses to a crime are hypnotized

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They often make mistakes because they are suggestable

Question 30

Why is eyewitness testimony so unreliable

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For all of the above reasons

Question 31

Consolidation refers to the process of

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Solidifying a memory

Question 32

The man called "S" who could not forget anything showed us

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The value of being able to block out incoming material

Question 33

True photographic memory

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Is extremely rare, almost nonexistent

Question 34

Holds permanents memories

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Long-term memory

Question 35

Holds a visual image for about a second

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Iconic memory

Question 36

Lasts a few minutes or hours

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Short-term memory

Question 37

Holds sounds for a few seconds

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Acoustic memory

Question 38

Material is processed here to see if it is worth saving permanently

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Short-term memory

Question 39

Photographic memory

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Eidetic memory

Question 40

Limited by about 7-9 items

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Short-term memory

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