Which of the following is true of divided attention in the context of memory encoding quizlet?

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People very quickly adapt to the procedures and behaviors appropriate at a birthday party. General knowledge of what to expect and how to behave at a birthday is called:

- script or schema
- implicit memory
- working memory
- discovered memory.

script or schema

In a cross-sectional study related to developmental psychology,...

- a number of people are assessed at one point in time
- different characteristics of an individual are assessed simultaneously
- the behavior of an individual is assessed by different researchers
- the same people are retested over a period of years.

a number of people are assessed at one point in time

________ is a form of problem solving in which the organism develops a sudden understanding of a problem's solution

- Insight learning
- Instinctive drift
- Latent learning
- Classical conditioning

Insight learning

The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them is known as ...

- confirmation bias
- selection bias
- intervention bias
- hindsight bias.

confirmation bias

The body's tendency to maintain an equilibrium, or steady state, is known as ...

- equity
- homogeneity
- catharsis
- homeostasis.

homeostasis

According to Gardner's multiple intelligences, which of the following frames of mind describes the ability to think three-dimensionally?

- spatial
- existentialist
- naturalist
- intrapersonal

spatial

________ is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable actions and responses.

- Humanism
- Psychoanalysis
- Sociocultural
- Behaviorism

Behaviorism

Which of the following is true of implicit memory?

- Implicit memory is related to nonconsciously remembering skills and sensory perceptions.
- Implicit memory is also known as declarative memory.
- Implicit memory has two subsystems: episodic memory and semantic memory.
- Implicit memory is a person's knowledge about the world.

Implicit memory is related to nonconsciously remembering skills and sensory perceptions

________ are differences between individuals that stem not necessarily from their ages but from the historical period and society in which they were born and developed.

- Longitudinal effects
- Cohort effects
- Butterfly effects
- Hawthorne effects

Cohort effects

Motivated forgetting and repressed memories are usually associated with what type of memories?

- flashbulb memories
- procedural memories
- traumatic memories
- sensory memories

traumatic memories

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, we seek to fulfill our need for love and belongingness ...

- after our basic physiological and safety needs are met.
- before our basic biological and safety needs are met.
- after we have found self-actualization.
- after self-esteem needs have been met

after our basic physiological and safety needs are met

Which of the following involves memory for skills?

- procedural memory
- schema
- working memory
- semantic memory

procedural memory

People's decisions are likely to be biased because they tend to seek out and listen to others whose views confirm their views while they avoid those with dissenting views. This is a characteristic of ...

- hindsight bias.
- the representativeness heuristic.
- confirmation bias.
- the availability heuristic.

confirmation bias

Sarah feels sick every time she travels by air. She associates flying with physical illness and, as a result, hates air travel. She also finds it difficult to watch movies with airplanes or read books about airplanes because they make her uncomfortable. This scenario illustrates the learning process of ...

- observational learning.
- operant conditioning.
- classical conditioning.
- implicit learning.

classical conditioning

________ is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

- Operant conditioning
- Observational learning
- Classical conditioning
- Latent learning

Classical conditioning

Attention, deep processing, elaboration, and the use of mental imagery are all part of ________ processes.

- encoding
- storage
- retrieval
- chunking

encoding

________ includes the systems involved in procedural memory, classical conditioning, and priming.

- Explicit memory
- Episodic memory
- Implicit memory
- Semantic memory

Implicit memory

A six-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have an IQ of ...

- 60
- 100
- 90
- 110

100

Which of the following is true of concepts?

- Concepts complicate the memory process.
- Concepts provide clues about how to react to a particular object or experience.
- Concepts are independent of experiences and objects.
- Concepts prevent us from generalizing.

Concepts provide clues about how to react to a particular object or experience

Before the bell was ever presented, Pavlov's dog salivated each time food was presented. In this situation, salivation was the ...

- conditioned stimulus.
- unconditioned response.
- unconditioned stimulus.
- conditioned response

unconditioned response

Chunking involves ...

- quickly scanning information for relevant details.
- reorganizing information that exceeds the 7 plus or minus 2 rule into smaller more meaningful units.
- immediately forgetting relevant information.
- using Miller's framework for memory retrieval.

reorganizing information that exceeds the 7 plus or minus 2 rule into smaller more meaningful units

Which of the following is true of divided attention in the context of memory encoding?

- Divided attention is not likely to impede an individual's ability to pay attention to a specific aspect of an experience.
- Divided attention is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time.
- Divided attention can be especially detrimental to the process of encoding information.
- Divided attention involves concentrating on different activities, one activity at a time.

Divided attention can be especially detrimental to the process of encoding information

Francisco, a soccer enthusiast, watches a soccer match. While discussing the match with his friends, he is able to remember the first and the last players to receive a yellow card from the referee but not the other players who received yellow cards in the middle of the match. This tendency of Francisco to recall only the first and the last players to receive a yellow card best illustrates ...

- the serial position effect.
- chunking.
- rehearsal.
- the phonological loop.

the serial position effect

According to Erikson's theory of socioemotional development, the first 18 months of life are devoted to mastering which developmental task?

- industry vs. inferiority
- trust vs. mistrust
- autonomy vs. shame
- initiative vs. guilt

trust vs. mistrust

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates multitasking?

- Logan writing down his academic goals for the current semester
- Emma playing her guitar while looking at the fret board
- James surfing the Web and texting while doing his homework
- Lewis drawing a portrait using watercolors

James surfing the Web and texting while doing his homework

Basketball, football, baseball, and soccer all fit into the ________ of sports.

- morpheme
- concept
- heuristic
- algorithm

concept

Having a better memory for items at the beginning of a list demonstrates the ________, whereas having a better memory for items at the end of a list demonstrates the ________.

- metamemory effect; flashbulb memory effect
- primacy effect; recency effect
- recency effect; primacy effect
- flashbulb memory effect; metamemory effect

primacy effect; recency effect

According to ________ there are three forms of intelligence, whereas according to ________ there are nine types of intelligence.

- Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences; Sternberg's triarchic theory
- Sternberg's triarchic theory; Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
- artificial intelligence (AI) theory; Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
- Sternberg's triarchic theory; artificial intelligence (AI) theory

Sternberg's triarchic theory; Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences

Which of the following is true of development?

- Development requires that we take into account the contributions of a person's biological inheritance without considering the environment.
- Understanding development requires that we take into account the contributions of the environment alone.
- Development is the product of nature, nurture, and the complex interaction of the two.
- All development involves growth, not decline.

Development is the product of nature, nurture, and the complex interaction of the two.

Which of the following is true of brain structures and memory functions in long-term memory?

- The same area of the brain is involved in the functioning of implicit and explicit memory.
- The parietal lobes of the brain are involved in both retrospective memory and prospective memory.
- The hippocampus and the temporal lobes in the cerebral cortex play a role in implicit memory, not in explicit memory.
- The amygdala, a part of the limbic system, is involved in emotional memories.

The amygdala, a part of the limbic system, is involved in emotional memories.

________ is the activation of information that people already have in storage to help them remember new information better and faster.

- Skill memory
- Procedural memory
- Classical conditioning
- Priming

Priming

When individuals engage in a behavior because they enjoy it, they ...

- are extrinsically motivated.
- are intrinsically motivated.
- have an internal locus of control.
- have an external locus of control.

are intrinsically motivated

In the context of creative thinking, ________ produces many solutions to the same problem.

- convergent thinking
- inductive reasoning
- divergent thinking
- deductive reasoning

divergent thinking

Little Albert was conditioned by John Watson to fear a white rat. Eventually, however, Albert became fearful of any stimulus that looked white and furry. He became scared not only of rats, but also of rabbits, dogs, and even sealskin coats. This study illustrates ...

- stimulus generalization in classical conditioning.
- extinction.
- spontaneous recovery.
- stimulus acquisition in classical conditioning.

stimulus generalization in classical conditioning

________ states that memory storage involves three separate systems: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

- Ebbinghaus's curve of forgetting
- Parallel distributed processing (PDP)
- The Atkinson-Shiffrin theory
- The dual-code hypothesis

The Atkinson-Shiffrin theory

Vince suffered serious brain injury to his cerebellum in a motorcycle accident. What effect will this have on Vince's life?

- He probably won't remember how to ride his motorcycle.
- He probably won't recognize his wife.
- He probably won't remember his name.
- He probably won't remember where he lives.

He probably won't remember how to ride his motorcycle

In Pavlov's classic study on classical conditioning, the bell was a ________ before conditioning and became a(n) ________ after conditioning had occurred.

- conditioned stimulus; neutral stimulus
- neutral stimulus; reinforcer stimulus
- conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus
- neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus

neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus

Which of the following is true of short-term memory?

- It is made up of explicit and implicit memory.
- It holds perceptions of the world for just an instant.
- It is a relatively permanent type of memory.
- It is improved by chunking and rehearsal techniques.

It is improved by chunking and rehearsal techniques

In operant conditioning,

- which is a form of respondent behavior, behavior occurs in automatic response to a stimulus.
- behavior is a consequence of the conditioned stimulus (CS).
- the consequences of behavior produce change in the probability of the behavior's occurrence.
- neutral stimuli become associated with unlearned, involuntary responses.

the consequences of behavior produce change in the probability of the behavior's occurrence

The strange situation test is used to assess an infant's ...

- level of moral development.
- resilience.
- style of attachment.
- level of cognitive development.

style of attachment

The highest and most elusive of Maslow's needs is ...

- safety.
- esteem.
- self-actualization.
- belongingness

self-actualization.

Dennis works as a salesman at a large retail store. He is happily married and lives in a safe neighborhood. He earns enough money to eat and provide for his family. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following needs is Dennis most likely to fulfill next?

- esteem
- love and belongingness
- physiological needs
- safety and security

esteem

In the context of human development, ________ refers to an individual's environmental and social experiences.

- genealogy
- genetics
- nurture
- nature

nurture

The process by which a stimulus or an event following a particular behavior increases the probability that the behavior will happen again is called ...

- specialization.
- generalization.
- extinction.
- reinforcement

reinforcement

Which of the following refers to the conscious recollection of information, such as specific facts and events and, at least in humans, information that can be verbally communicated?

- sensory memory
- declarative memory
- short-term memory
- nondeclarative memory

declarative memory

Asking an eyewitness to describe a suspect's physical appearance to a sketch artist would be an example of a ________ task, whereas asking an eyewitness to identify a suspect on the basis of a lineup of five possible assailants is an example of a ________ task.

- recall; recognition
- chunking; rehearsal
- rehearsal; elaboration
- recognition; recall

recall; recognition

A(n) ________ is a strategy that guarantees a solution to a problem.

- fixation
- subgoal
- heuristic
- algorithm

algorithm

Which of the following is a difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal studies?

- Cross-sectional studies deal with people of the same age, whereas longitudinal studies deal with people belonging to different age groups.
- Cross-sectional studies assess people at one point in time, whereas longitudinal studies assess people over a long period of time.
- Unlike cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies are affected by cohort effects.
- Cross-sectional studies assess participants multiple times, whereas longitudinal studies assess participants only once.

Cross-sectional studies assess people at one point in time, whereas longitudinal studies assess people over a long period of time

Intellectual disability is a condition of limited mental ability in which an individual has an IQ of ________ and has difficulty adapting to everyday life.

- 110
- 140 or above
- 95
- 70 or below

70 or below

If a child's mental age is higher than his or her chronological age, this means that ...

- the child's IQ is above average.
- the child has an average IQ.
- the child's IQ is lower than average.
- the child's IQ is deteriorating.

the child's IQ is above average

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Which of the following is true of divided attention in the context of memory and?

Which of the following is true of divided attention in the context of memory encoding? A) Divided attention involves concentrating on different activities, one activity at a time.

Which is an example of a divided attention task quizlet?

When a person's attention is divided, one's brain is switching back and forth between tasks rather than distributing attention among all the tasks at the same time. Attempting to both study and watch television is an example of divided attention.

What is the role of attention in memory quizlet?

The first step in getting information into memory is to pay attention to it. Attention involves focusing awareness on narrowed range of stimuli or events. Usually, attention is likened to a filter in an information-processing model of memory the filter screens out most stimuli, while allowing a select few to get by.

Which part of the memory process is most affected by attention?

After gathering information, the attention funnel feeds it into the brain's short-term storage bucket. This is where new information is first held. Experts call this process “encoding.” This is also where the brain manipulates new information so it's useful. This process is called “working memory.”