Exam 8: Cognitive Views of Learning

In order to avoid confusing entomology (the study of insects)with etymology (the study of the history of words),Vicky associates the sound "en" of entomology with the sound "in" of insects.What specific type of mnemonic is she using?

One of the educational implications of sensory memory is that

The "spread of activation" phenomenon is basically a short-term memory process.

Describe what is meant by the "cognitive perspective" and discuss how this perspective differs from behavioral orientations to learning.

Information may be lost from working memory by decay or ________.

If a student tries very hard to remember the name of a book author,he or she is searching knowledge stored as an explicit memory.

Long-term memory that is memory for meaning is called

Dr.Beach used to be a typical 'absent minded professor.' However,she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk,bookshelf,and file cabinet.The mnemonic device that she used is

Cliff is good at solving math problems,but has difficulty solving problems in his computer class.His problem-solving ability in math represents what type of knowledge?

Only about 14 items may be stored in short-term memory at any given time.

An educational application designed to reduce the impact of the serial-position effect is to

Consciously applied skills of organizing thoughts and actions to reach a learning goal are called domain-specific strategies.

"Reconstructed memory" means "accurate memory."

While taking his final exam,Jerry recalled one item of information that caused him to remember another piece of information related to the question.What phenomenon has he just experienced?

Consuela is a fourth-grade student who is studying geography.Tomorrow,she has a quiz over the Great Lakes.She creates a mnemonic device,HOMES (Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior),to help her remember the names of the lakes.What type of mnemonic device is she using?

Noah counted the legs on a bug and came up with eight.He then decided the bug was an arachnid (spider)because an arachnid has eight legs.His decision was based upon what aspect of concept learning?

The keyword method involves memorizing a standard list of words as a basis for forming associations with new items.

Josh's history teacher wants Josh to learn important events that occurred during the Civil War.What type of knowledge would be most directly involved in this learning?

Explain the role of attention in learning,giving suggestions for teachers to increase student attentiveness to the lesson.

Woolfolk makes the following point about the role of memorization in learning: