devry PSYC110 inaction pre test

Concept ________________ are a visual organization of the key concepts, terms, and definitions in a chapter showing their relationships to other concepts.

maps

graphs

hierarchies

diagrams

2)

Students using an action study method might _________________.

exercise while listening to recordings they have made of important information

use different colors of highlighter for different sections of information in text or notes

use musical rhythms as memory aids, or put information to a rhyme or a tune

practice spelling words or repeating facts to be remembered

3)

Students using a verbal study method might ________________.

walk back and forth as they read study material out loud

write out or recite key information in whole sentences or phrases in their own words

make speeches

record lectures, then take notes on the lectures sparingly, using the recording to fill in parts that they might have missed

4)

Verbal, visual, auditory, and action are all examples of different study________________.

methods

groups

habits

guides

5)

A ________________ is the particular way in which a person takes in, or absorbs, information.

study method

learning disability

learning style

study habit

6)

According to the SQ3R method, reciting material you’ve just read out loud ____________________.

is another good way to process the information more deeply and completely

is helpful only when rehearsing your delivery of a speech

quickly makes you forget what you have just read

is the only way to store information in your long-term memory

7)

According to the text, a major mistake that many students make is to ___________________.

rely on notes from a classmate

read the material before they even hear the lecture

bring a digital recorder to class to record the lecture

come to a lecture without having read the material first

8)

The “S” in SQ3R stands for __________________.

Survey

Sample

Sight

Study

9)

The three Rs in SQ3R stand for ________________.

write, recite, recall

read, recite, recall

read, rote, recite

read, reverse, repeat

10)

For remembering material before an exam, Rosa swears by her favorite mnemonic device, which involves stringing together bits of information in a numerical narrative. This mnemonic device is called _______________.

the peg method

linking

the loci method

rhythmic organization

11)

Amy has just begun a new semester of classes and is determined to get better grades this time around. She has decided to trade her old habits of not reading the chapter until after the lecture and cramming before exams, for a better method of information processing, which involves the following 5 sequential steps to approaching each chapter.

survey, question, read, recite, and recall

recite, write, read, recall, and review

question, research, review, recite, and reread

read, recall, test, review, and question

12)

Which of the following is an example of an Applied question type?

“Freud is to _________ as Watson is to ____________.”

“One-year-old Ben learned to say the word duck when his mother showed him a duck in their backyard. That evening he sees a cartoon with a rooster in it and says, ‘Duck!,’ pointing to the rooster. Ben is exhibiting ____________.”

“According to your text, what were the findings of a recent study conducted on children who are raised in collectivist cultures?”

“Who built the first psychological laboratory?”

13)

Which of the following analogies does your textbook use to explain the importance of studying properly?

Just as a steak has to be chewed to be enjoyed and be useful to the body, textbook material has to be “chewed” with the mind.

Just as a cowboy ropes in a horse, a student must rope in textbook material one paragraph at a time.

Like a boat on stormy seas, we need to sail smoothly over textbook material, no matter how difficult it is to navigate.

Just as a football coach uses many strategies for getting his team to make a touchdown, the student uses many strategies for remembering textbook material.