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Ten-year-old MaiLee lives in Hong Kong and quickly reads the local newspaper every day. Her seven-year-old brother takes much longer as he tries to say unfamiliar words out loud. In other words, compared to her brother, MaiLee exhibits greater |
| | A) | automaticity. |
| | B) | processing capacity. |
| | C) | word processing. |
| | D) | encoding. |
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Josie is a newborn whose older brother keeps coming up to her crib and saying "hi" while she is trying to take a nap. At first, Josie kept waking up to her brother but now she remains asleep. This behavior is called |
| | A) | habituation |
| | B) | dishabituation |
| | C) | elaboration |
| | D) | procedural memory |
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Which of the following is not one of the three levels of processing according to Craik and Lockhart? |
| | A) | initial |
| | B) | shallow |
| | C) | intermediate |
| | D) | deepest |
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The directions for turning on the Nintendo game, Grandma's full name, and Marian's favorite flavor of ice-cream are |
| | A) | stored in long-term memory. |
| | B) | aspects of short-term memory. |
| | C) | elements of sensory memory, as long as rehearsal occurs. |
| | D) | examples of cognitive monitoring. |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of an expert? |
| | A) | Notices meaningful patterns of information that novices do not notice |
| | B) | Has a superior recall in their area of expertise |
| | C) | Has no need for practice in area of expertise |
| | D) | Retrieves information with little effort |
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When asked what happens at a birthday party, Chrissy is clear that, "First you put on hats, then you play, then you sing Happy Birthday, and then you eat cake. Last you open." Chrissy is recounting a(n) |
| | A) | schema. |
| | B) | script. |
| | C) | semantic network. |
| | D) | heuristic. |
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The infant who is providing an example of deferred imitation is one who |
| | A) | sticks out his tongue whenever he sees his mother stick out her tongue. |
| | B) | appears to innately organize items into groups of two's. |
| | C) | sees his mom wave goodbye to his dad and two hours later waves his hand just like his mom did. |
| | D) | continues to stare at his crib mobile even though it has just stopped spinning. |
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8. Twelve-year-old Laura decides to wait to tell her parents about her poor math grade after the dinner with her mother's boss. She knows that telling her them before dinner will disturb their ability to enjoy the dinner party. Here Laura is displaying her |
| | A) | schemas about relationships with supervisors. |
| | B) | semantic network about how parents behave. |
| | C) | metacognitions about people. |
| | D) | information processing strategies. |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of self-regulated learners? |
| | A) | Set goals for extending their knowledge |
| | B) | Maintain use of one strategy in solving problems |
| | C) | Monitor progress toward a goal |
| | D) | Evaluate obstacles that may arise |
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