Chapter 7 : Memory And Studying (Retaining What You Learn)
This quiz is on memorizing and retaining information for studying.
- 1.How do you build your memory and use it to move toward your goals?
- A.
Studying
- B.
Writing
- C.
Exercise
- D.
Thinking
- 2.What defines Short-term memory?
- A.
Instantly forgetting.
- B.
Temporary information.
- C.
Selective memory.
- D.
All of the above
- 3.Identify how the brain does NOT form lasting memories.
- A.
Long-term memory.
- B.
Sensory registers.
- C.
Inefficacious studying.
- D.
Short-term memory.
- 4.Health issues and and poor nutrition can cause memory problems. Locate another factor that can contribute to memory loss.
- A.
Procedural memory.
- B.
Short term stress.
- C.
Rote rehearsal.
- D.
Fragile memory.
- 5.To help you remember what you study, select the method of "When,Where,Who,What,Why, and How".
- A.
Episodic memory.
- B.
Analytical thinking.
- C.
Practical thinking.
- D.
Journalists' questions.
- 6.In which way does group studying NOT enhance your ability to remember?
- A.
Group studying motivates you to study in free time.
- B.
Group studying gets you to say what you know out loud.
- C.
Group settings of at least ten people experience the most success.
- D.
Group studying increases chances of important information being covered.
- 7.Which is the most ineffective location to study?
- A.
Occupied home.
- B.
Classroom.
- C.
Library.
- D.
Secluded park.
- 8.Choose what might become a distraction when studying.
- A.
Unoccupied area.
- B.
Clamorous friends.
- C.
Dormant baby.
- D.
Tranquil setting.
- 9.What is called placing disconnected information into smaller units that are easier to remember.
- A.
Critical thinking.
- B.
Chunking strategy.
- C.
Prioritizing materials.
- D.
Flash cards.
- 10.List a strategy that will NOT help you remember math and science.
- A.
Fighting frustration with action.
- B.
Review process and procedures.
- C.
Focusing on learning styles.
- D.
Striving for inaccuracy.
- 11.Memory techniques that use vivid associations and acronyms to link new information to what you already know.
- A.
Recite,rehearse, and write.
- B.
Mnemonic devices.
- C.
Declarative memory.
- D.
Master note set.
- 12.A word formed from the first letters of a series of words created to help you remember the series.
- A.
Acronym.
- B.
Synonym.
- C.
Antonyms.
- D.
Spectrum.
- 13.When you summarize main ideas in your own words you engage what type of thinking?
- A.
Rational thinking.
- B.
Factual thinking.
- C.
Insightful thinking.
- D.
Analytical thinking.
- 14.A complete, intergrated note set that contains both class and text notes.
- A.
Study sheets.
- B.
Flash cards.
- C.
Podcasts.
- D.
Master note.
- 15.Helps to diversify your repetition and maximize memory.
- A.
Audio strategies.
- B.
Mnemonic devices.
- C.
Recite, rehearsing, and writing.
- D.
Working with others.
- 16.The brain's permanent information storehouse, from which information can be retrieved.
- A.
Long- term memory.
- B.
Sensory register.
- C.
Model of memory.
- D.
Bloom's taxonomy.
- 17.What is the most common reason that information fails to stay in long-term memory?
- A.
Using MI strategies.
- B.
Studying during short, frequent sessions.
- C.
Using analytical thinking skills.
- D.
Ineffective studying.
- 18.Locate which strategy that is NOT an intelligence strategy.
- A.
Naturalistic.
- B.
Stimuli.
- C.
Musical.
- D.
Interpersonal.
- 19.Brain filters through which sensory information enters the brain and is sent to short-term memory.
- A.
Dendrites.
- B.
Neurons.
- C.
Separate storage houses.
- D.
Sensory registers.
- 20.What is NOT considered a mnemonic device?
- A.
Visual pictures.
- B.
Music.
- C.
Acronyms.
- D.
Notes.
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