9) one study on remembering knowledge learned in school assessed learning 4 and 11 months after completion of a course. Grades fell about _____on the delayed tests.
a) 10 %
b) 20%
c) 50 %
d) none of the above
2) after practicing all summer long. Madison has finally learned how to make a baseball curve when she throws it. This ability can best be described as:
a) implicit learning
b) spatial learning
c)stimulus-response learning
D) motor skill learning
3) the self-guidance hypothesis suggests that :
a) frequent feedback is the best way to improve motor skills
b) delayed feedback allows one to learn how to correct their own errors
c) delayed feedback inhibits motor skill learning
d) people can guide themselves when learning a motor skill-feedback is not necessary
5) which individual is likely to show the best classical conditioning ability?
a) a 27 year old
b) a 7 year old
c ) a 2 year old
d) a 72 year old
6) prenatal classical conditioning involves:
a) exposing a child to a cs and us immediately after birth
b) testing for a conditioned response at 1 month , and then 1 year , after birth
c) exposing a fetus to cs-us pairings
d) none of the above
7) Identical twins tend to show similar memory ability on tasks involving:
a) short-term memory
b) digit span
c) sensory memory
d) associative memory
8) childhood amnesia may be the result of :
a)prenatal exposure to alcohol
b) enhanced hippocampal activity during the first year of life
c) well-formed metamemory skills
d) diminished memory capacity during infancy, compared to adulthood.
9) very young children tend to rely on _____data to encode information, whereas older children and adults utilize _____data during encoding.
a) sensory; motor
b) sensory; verbal
c) verbal ; motor
d) motor; sensory
10) Cindy, a 6 years-old, is presented with several random strings of letters to commit to memory. Which of the following strings is the most likely to remember in the correct order?
a) RQY
b)BHFZP
c)MPLSTGX
d)WYZDHLPMT
11) In a 1-room school house with students of all ages, Mr.Smith notices that some of his students are taking notes about what is being discussed in class,whereas others are not. Which of the following students would be most likely to be one of the students taking notes?
a) Joe, a 5 year-old boy
b) Jen, a 6 year-old girl
c) Victor, a 9 year-old boy
d) Rhonda, a 12 year-old girl