MCQs of History – Psychological Perspectives Of Learning & Education

Cue-dependent (or context dependent) theories of memory suggest that you would do best on your chemistry test if you could be tested_____.

The part of the brain that functions as a “switching station” between the STM and LTM is the_____.

The fact that a bodily state that exists during learning can be a strong cue for later memory is known as_____.

_______concentrates on the meaning of information you want to remember.

Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called

Farah has a six-month “gap” in her memories of school. Her “gap” corresponds to the period immediately after her father’s death. Her memory loss is most likely accounted for by_____.

The storage capacity of long-term memory is best described as

The definiition of memory is that it is an active system that receives, organises, and______.

Psychologists have concluded that long-term memories fall into the following two categories:

Decay theories of memory loss seem to be most appropriate for______.

Essay questions tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because with an essay because with an essay question,______.

The first step in placing information into memory stage is

An intelligence test for adults frequently has a general knowledge section which tests for

The process of holding information in memory is referred to as______.

Recoding, chunking and rehearsal are especially important for the improvement of

Working memory is associated with which of the following?

______determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

Students often assume that because they can answer all the study questions once, they have sufficiently prepared for a test. This mistaken attitude overlooks the importance of_____for improving memory.

______refers to the fading of memory traces from short-term memory.

The major problem with using hypnosis in police work is______.

Eidetic imagery is found more often in_____.

A mail clerk has to rearrange mailboxes in a student dormitory and for a few days has difficulty sorting the mail. This illustrates______.

_____primarily keeps memories active in short-term memory.

Which of the following determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

When students have to brush up on a foreign language they learned before, they find it easier the second time around. This illustrates_____.

Organising information into larger units as a way of improving the efficiency of short-term memory is called______.

Information is remembered without eplicit cues or stimuli, often verbatim in______.

Remembring the first and last items of a list better than items in the middle is due to______.

Which of the following can help to create false memories?

Procedural memory would be affected by demage to the_____.

Which of the following would be an example of short-term memory?

According to the interference theory of forgetting,______.

The “magic number”_______represents the average number of “bits” of information that short-term memory can usually handle.

____memory is the part of long-term memory containing factual information.

Evolutionary explanations for the efficiency of memory argue_____.

The kind of memory that lasts for only a second or two is_____.

When new learning disrupts the ability to recall past,stored information,_________is said to occur.

__________is known for memorising nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting.

Which term refers to the observation that we alter memories by filling in gaps or by adding new information?

When a person fills in gaps in memory with logic the process is called_________.

“Flashbulb” memories,which are vivid,lasting images of events associated with personal tragedy , may be produced in part by

As new memories are formed,older memories are often__________.

Let’s say you have a friend,who is having trouble memorising information for math class.The simplest and most helpful thing you could do would be to explain_______to him.

An area of the brain of particular importance for memory storage is the___________.

The memory system used for relatively permanent storage of meaningful information is called_________memory.

Often,memories appear to be avaibale but not accessible as in_____.

The fact that many people don’t know which way Lincoln is facing on the penny is probably due to_________.

Adnan repeats a list of vocabulary words for the Spanish test to move them from his_term to long-term memory.This repetition is called

Using a variety of_____can open a pathway to memory.

An expert typist who cannot describe the exact location of letters on a typewriter keyboard is demonstrating the importance of_______.

Having 47 chromosome in each instead of 46 is a characterstic of_______.

Which of the following is part of Wechsler’s definition of intelligence?

In Binet’s test of intelligence, items included at each age level were those which

Which of the following is an approach to measure reliability?

Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between inspection time and IQ is true?

Which of the following is one of Gardner’s types of intelligence?

Who would be the best norm group for the MCAT or ECAT tests?

______is the capacity for learning certain and specific abilities.

Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or focal demage is called______retardation.

Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called_____.

The fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary suggests the importance of

Standardisation includes formalising testing procedures and establishing______.

Which of the following is a factor that influences success for the gifted?

The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence is______.

The items actually actually selected for an intelligence test provide a__________definition of intelligence.

Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?

The distribution of IQ sores__________.

When the same procedures are used in giving a test to all people the test has been ___________.

The term “g-factor,” is written about by Neisser, refers to_____.

The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that

A psychologist administers an intelligence test to 100 fourth graders. One month later the psychologist returns and readministers the test. The psychologist is probably interested in_____.

Howard Gardner has theorised all of the following types of intelligence EXCEPT

Which form of retardation can be controlled by a special diet?

Shaista below normal intelligence but she is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September 13, 1998. She has____syndrome.

If one psychologist administers a test simultaneously to several people, it must be a (n)____test.

If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a_____.

A series of response that gradually approach a desired pattern of behaviour are called____.

If the conditioned sitmulus is presented many times without reinforcement, we can expect

A child has learned to avoid a furry, black cat. However, he still plays with his short-haired tabby. His response demonstrates

Punishment is most effective in suppressing behaviour when it is

The greatest degree of resistance to extinction is typically caused by a (n)_____schedule of reinforcement.

In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, the conditioned stimulus was the

Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of____.

In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, the bell (prior to conditioning) was the_____.

Reinforcement in operant conditioning is most effective when it is_____.

After pairing the CS and US in a series of conditioning trials, the organism learns to respond to the CS alone. This response is then called_____.

Sidra helps her father put away the dishes after dinner. Sidra’s father wants to increase the probability of this behaviour and will be most successful by praising her_____.

After a response has been feded, it will often reappear after a short time has passed. This is called_____.

The first grade teacher gives students stickers when they perform well. If they earn five stickers in one day, they are exempt form homework. The stickers in this example could also be called_____.

A student does a good job on math problems for homework, and the teacher awards a sticker. This demonstrates the use of_____.

In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, the bell (during and after conditioning) was the

In classical conditioning events critical to the learning____the response

In a study of punishment, shock is administreted to a hamster through a wire grid on the bottom of the coge. to the researcher’s surprise, the hamster learns to roll on its back when shocked so that its fur insulates it from the shock. The hamster’s response demonstrates_____.

Becoming addict to gambling is related to the effect of____.

A dog that gets rewarded for the first bark it makes in each ten minute period is being reinforced on a_____schedule of reinforcement

In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, food was the

To strengthen the connection between the CS and the CR, the CS must____.

Which of the following statements about punishment is FALSE?

Operant conditioning was studied by_____.

Using poker chips to reinforce mental patients for healthy behaviour would be an example of using_____.

A neutral stimulus is one that____.

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer.

A team coach who benches a player for poor performance is using

For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened, the CS must

In operant conditioning, what is the relationship between events critical to learning and the response to be learned?

The unconditioned stimulus, by definition, leads to a (n)

In a classical experiment, “Little Albert,” a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of_____.

When a stimulus acquires the power to elicit a response as a result of being paired with a stimulus that already produces the response____.

Which of the following describes the state of affairs after conditioning?

The most basic form of learning is not heavily dependent on higher order intellectual processes is known as

Which of the following best describes punishment?

Negative reinforcement_____responding while punishment_____responding

Two schedules of reinforcement that produce the highest rates of response are____.

____occurs when making a response removes an unplesant event.

To shape the behaviour of their students, teachers employ

If you give a child his favorite candy for doing well in school and he continues to do well in school, the candy is

Increased feedback______.

A child is conditioned to fear a furry., black cat. Soon he becomes fearful of any black, furry object. His new response demonstrats

The schedule of reinforcement in which a set number of response must be made for each reward is called

The fact that reinforcement become more resistant to extinction, after partial reinforcement, is called

If you slow down every time you see a police car, your slowing down is probably due to_____.

Your nephew has a temper tanturm in the store when he is shopping. If you buy him a toy you are_____.

Negative reinforcement and punishment

A puppy has begun to cry and bark in order be let into the house. To finish this response, you would

Acquiriing a fear of a light because you saw someone else getting shocked when the light came on is an example of

A approach that segregates students in class by ability and that is benificial to high-ability students but determental to low ability students is called_____.

The new scheme for classification of mental retardation put forth by the AAMR is based upon_____.

Which is NOT part of Renzulli and Reis (1990) conception of giftedness?

The US Constitutional act passed in the 1970s had the primary purpose to establish rights, protections and entitlements for students with disabilities

People who tend to perceive a pattern as a whole, not separating elements from the total visual fields are said to possess which cognitive style?

Kiran is in third graded. She reads quickly but often when questioned about what she just read, she can’t seem to respond.She appears to decode the words without processing the meaning. Her cognitive style may be considered______.

A seizure involving most of the brain, accompanied by 2-5 minute jerking movements and followed by deep sleep or coma is called a_____.

250 students are classified as educationally blind. In order to learn, these students must rely on_____.

The term “least restrictive environment” means_____.

Which of the following complies with the politically correct usage of Person-First-Language when describing students with exceptionalities?

Which type of intelligence declines with age?

The different ways people perceive and organise information are called______.

Students who like to study with music on are demonstrating an example of.

Students with learning disabilities who because of previous failures, believe that they cannot control or improve their own learning are demonstrating_____.

Which is NOT an example of a method for teaching gifted students?

When teachers of regular classes have several children with disabilities in their classes for part or all of the day they are involved in______.

A descriptive approach called ethnography involves the study of______.

Which of the following is characteristic of a positive correlation?

Which of the following is true regarding correlations?

Novice teachers_____.

Educational Psychology is distinct from other branches of Psychology because_____.

Which is NOT an area of knowledge for expert teachers?

Research the focuses on the life within a group and tries to analyse the life of people involved is called_____.

If a researcher observes one person over an extended period of time, this is called____.

If a man smokes a great deal, the length of men’s life might decreases. This is an example of______.

Teachers who think about their day of teaching in an effort to increase their effectiveness are called_____.

When several principles are integrated into statements that explain a phenomenon, they are part of_____.

A researcher uses a coin toss to assign subjects to a group is using_____.

Researchers who actively interact subjects with the group they are studying are called:

Studies that involves a detailed observation and analysis of changes in cognitive process as the process unfolds over a several days or weeks period of time are called_____.

Teachers who utilise systematic observations or tests of methods to improve teaching and learning for their students are using_____.

What kind of standardised tests must teachers take in many states of USA in order to be licensed as a teacher?

Results of research that are not likely to be a chance occurence are called_____.

Which of the following should a teacher bear in mind when planning?

What level of Bloom’s Cognitive Domain is the following objective? “Given two oil paintings, better represents the characteristics of Renaissance atwork? Explain reasons for your choice.”

A learning strategy in which two students take turns summarising material and criticising the summaries is called_____.

The objective is to remember all of the capitals of every state in the United States. This is the_______objective from Bloom’s texonomy.

After studying the causes of the Civil War, students are asked to create a plan that might have avoided the Civil War. The activity reflects what level of Bloom’s cognitive domain?

An innovative approach to teaching science that emphasises Piagetian notions of assimilation, disequilibrium and accommodation is called____.

A clear, unambiguous description of a teacher’s educational intentions for students and the types of performance expected to be demonstrated by students, describes a (n):