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PSY MISC

Chapter 7

Question 1)Nora and Miles are studying for an exam. Nora makes flash cards to memorize new terms and repeatedly reads them to herself. Miles links new terms to the ones he already knows based on their meanings.

Nora is using                and Miles is using                to learn the terms.  

 

Question 2

 

 

 

The three phases of memory include (i) changing external information into a neural code, (ii) retaining the information, and (iii) accessing it later. In this order, these three memory steps are

 

 

 

Question 3

The type of memory that is associated with the conscious recollection of previous experiences is referred to as                       memory.

 

Question 4

Amanda is telling Connie about a movie she saw last night, and Connie asks who starred in the movie. Amanda gets frustrated because she cannot think of the actor’s name, even though she can describe the actor and list other movies in which he has starred. Amanda is most likely experiencing

 

Question 5

Sue and Mary are talking about knitting. Sue is trying to remember the first time she ever knitted. Mary is trying to remember what the word knitting means. Sue is trying to recall a(n)                          memory and Mary is trying to recall a(n)                            memory.

 

 

Question 6

 

The increased ability to retrieve memories that occurs when one’s internal states during encoding and his or her internal states during recall match is called

 

Question 7

 

Elaborative rehearsal is a more effective memory strategy than maintenance rehearsal because the information is processed

 

Question 8

Joffrey’s wife asked him to go to the store and buy milk, bacon, apples, juice, butter, and cereal. Joffrey did not write down the items and ended up only remembering to buy milk and bacon at the store. The fact that Joffrey only remembered milk and bacon demonstrates the                                      effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 9

 

 

 

Inattention and the shallow encoding of events can often result in             , which leads to forgetting.  

 Question 10

 

 

When you are studying for an exam, the part of the brain that is responsible for coordinating and strengthening the connections among neurons is the

Question 11

 

Margo is very good at learning to do new things quickly and flexibly. Margo is most likely considered to be                    intelligence.

 

Question 12

 

 

 

Although many successful musicians may not have “book smarts,” they certainly have the “street smarts” needed to succeed in the music industry. The theory of intelligence that best accounts for this observation about “book smarts” and “street smarts” in musicians is the                                 theory.

 

 

Question 13

 

Josie has decided that she wants to become a doctor, but she feels overwhelmed when she thinks about how many years of school it will take to become a doctor. She could manage this feeling by breaking the process into smaller pieces. If she did this, she would be using

 

 

Question 14

 

 

Bridget just took an intelligence test. The results show that Bridget has very high musical intelligence. The test Bridget took was probably based on the

 

 

Question 15

Your rent is due, but you are short $100. You find a way around this obstacle to meet the goal of paying the rent by offering to clean your friend’s house for $100. You now have enough money to pay your rent. To reach your goal, you have just used the thinking strategy of

 

 

 

 

 

Question 16

Sam always buys one specific brand of cell phones because she believes that brand is the most reliable. Sam is using                          to decide what cell phone to buy, which may help her save time picking out her next cell phone.

 

 

Question 17

 

Mary does well in both math and science. According to general intelligence theory, Mary’s performance in literature and history should be                   how she does in math and science.

Question 18

James is trying to break into a safe, but he does not know the four-digit code. To find the right code, he uses a procedure that will obtain the right result if he uses it correctly. Specifically, he tries every possible set of four-digit numbers until he finds the correct one. James is using a(n)                                      to find the correct code.

 

Question 19