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Human Learning Basics Practice Test: Long-Term Memory Storage And Retrieval Processes
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Long-term memory (LTM) is a permanent storage space for knowledge, experiences, habits, and skills. It has an unlimited capacity and can store information for a lifetime.  The three phases of long-term memory are: Acquisition: The memory is learned or acquired Storage: The information is retained over time Retrieval: The information is successfully recalled    Here are some details about the three processes of long-term memory: Encoding: This is the processing of information from our senses so that it can be stored in memory.  Here are some ways to improve long-term... Show more
Human Learning Basics Practice Test: Long-Term Memory Storage And Retrieval Processes
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1. Three of the following statements are examples of possible advance organizers for a geometry lesson. Which statement is not an advance organizer as the term is typically defined?
2. Maria moved to this country several months ago. She has been studying English as a second language but still has much to learn about the language of her new homeland. One day her teacher tells the class, 'Bring an empty coffee can to school tomorrow for a project we’re going to do.' Maria hears only two familiar words—'coffee' and 'school'—and guesses that her teacher is saying that students should not drink coffee at school. Maria’s misinterpretation illustrates which one of the following?
3. Which one of the following statements describes wait time and its effect on learning?
4. Successful retrieval of information from long-term memory depends on three of the following factors. On which one does retrieval not depend?
5. Which one of the following students is definitely demonstrating automaticity in word recognition?
6. The four students described below are using visual imagery to try to remember information. Considering what theorists and researchers say about the strengths and weaknesses of visual imagery, only one student is likely to remember this information accurately. Which one?
7. Nicole learns the formula 'E = mc2' by repeating it to herself over and over again. Which one of the following processes is Nicole most clearly demonstrating?
8. Travis realizes that the year World War II ended—1945—is the same year that his grandfather was born. Which one of the following processes is Travis most clearly demonstrating?
9. When Gianna returns to college after a summer touring France, she tells her roommate about her many experiences. She does not always remember them accurately, however, so she fills in the gaps in her memory with logical details about how things 'must' have happened. Several weeks later, she is telling another friend about her trip. Gianna will probably:
10. Which one of the following most accurately describes the difference between skilled readers and beginning readers in terms of their attention to what they read?
11. As a teacher, you want your students to use effective information processing strategies as they study classroom subject matter. You consider research about the effects of classroom assessment tasks on learning, and you conclude that you should:
12. Which one of the following teachers provides the best example of the halo effect?
13. An advantage of knowing some skills to a level of automaticity is that automaticity:
14. A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy published in 2001 (described in the textbook) can help teachers consider not only the various types of cognitive processes that should be encouraged but also the:
15. A physics teacher asks her students to draw a picture to illustrate the forces at work when someone throws a ball into the air. This strategy should do two things to help students remember the forces involved. In particular, it should encourage students to engage in both:
16. Generally speaking, elaboration helps students learn new information. An exception to this rule is when students elaborate on this information:
17. Which one of the following is the best example of a flashbulb memory?
18. Jeff wants to remember the twelve signs of the zodiac: Aries (ram), Taurus (bull), Gemini (twins), Cancer (crab), Leo (lion), Virgo (virgin), Libra (balance), Scorpio (scorpion), Sagittarius (archer), Capricorn (goat), Aquarius (water carrier), and Pisces (fish). He does not necessarily want to remember them in any particular order. Considering research results described in the textbook, which one of the following techniques will maximize Jeff’s chances of remembering all twelve?
19. Which one of the following is the most accurate statement about how people perceive the world around them?
20. Of the following four teachers, which one is probably presenting an ambiguous stimulus to students?
21. Which one of the following best illustrates the use of a concept map?
22. To pass the time one day, Keisha multiplies 2 by 2 by 2 by 2 ... and so on, on her calculator. She observes that the products increase in size more dramatically with each calculation. A few weeks later, when her math teacher explains what it means for something to increase exponentially, Keisha realizes that she has already discovered this idea on her own, and she remembers it better as a result. Which one of the following concepts best characterizes Keisha’s enhanced understanding of an exponential increase?
23. Which one of the following statements best illustrates prior knowledge activation in a geometry lesson?
24. Generally speaking, adults learn and remember more easily than children do. The reverse is true, however, when the children:
25. Morris is taking an introductory Russian course. In the early weeks of the course, he studies new Russian vocabulary words 10 times each, all in the same evening. Later on, he discovers that he can remember Russian words better over the long run if he studies them twice in an evening for five evenings in a row. Morris has discovered:

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