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51) The first step in peg-type mnemonics to
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51) The first step in peg-type mnemonics is to
A) associate new material with a familiar place or location.
B) memorize a random list of places, words, or facts.
C) organize the new material into meaningful patterns.
D) visualize each element of the new material.
52) Dr. Beach used to be a typical ‘absent minded professor.’ However, she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk, bookshelf, and file cabinet. The mnemonic device that she used is
A) an acronym.
B) chunking.
C) the keyword method.
D) the loci method.
53) “I before E except after C” is an example of the use of what memory method?
A) Chain
B) Loci
C) Keyword
D) Peg-type
54) In order to avoid confusing entomology (the study of insects) with etymology (the study of the history of words), Vicky associates the sound “en” of entomology with the sound “in” of insects. What specific type of mnemonic is she using?
A) Acronym
B) Chain
C) Keyword
D) Peg-type
55) Consuela is a fourth-grade student who is studying geography. Tomorrow, she has a quiz over the Great Lakes. She creates a mnemonic device, HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior), to help her remember the names of the lakes. What type of mnemonic device is she using?
A) Acronym
B) Chain
C) Keyword
D) Peg-type
56) The use of imagery techniques of learning, such as the keyword method, seems most appropriate for what age group?
A) Early elementary school
B) Kindergarten
C) Late elementary school and older
D) Preschool
57) Stacey is trying to learn the abbreviations and names for the chemical elements, such as Au (gold). He connects the Au with a mental picture of Auric Goldfinger, the villain in a James Bond novel. This is an example of using what learning strategy?
A) Chaining
B) Keyword
C) Loci
D) Metacognitive
58) Within the information processing perspective, learning declarative knowledge involves
A) applying rules for the purpose of categorizing specific objects or ideas.
B) developing new strategies for performing various cognitive activities.
C) generating ways to organize thoughts and actions in order to meet a goal.
D) integrating new ideas with existing knowledge to create an understanding.
59) What type of knowledge do experts have that involves an understanding of how to perform various cognitive activities?
A) Conditional
B) Declarative
C) Organizational
D) Procedural
60) What can teachers do to help their students develop an automated basic skill?
A) Ensure that students have the necessary prerequisite knowledge and provide practice with feedback.
B) Focus on executive control processes in order to guide the flow of information through students’ information processing systems.
C) Teach domain-specific strategies for solving problems and control processes for guiding knowledge.
D) Train students to use a variety of strategies for retrieving knowledge from long-term memory.
