Week 4 Quiz

CHFD311
Quiz 4
Question 1 of 29
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Which one of the following best reflects the use of the sensory register component of the human information processing system?

A.Abe can remember a melody for several hours, even though he doesn’t remember the words.

B.Bill can remember something he heard for a second or two even though he wasn’t paying attention.

C.Carrie can remember the name of another girl just long enough to introduce her to someone else.

D.Danika understands the concept of gravity because she can relate it to her own experiences.

Answer Key: B

Question 2 of 29
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Which one of the following situations reflects the typical duration of working memory?

A.Arnie remembers his locker combination through the entire school year. By the end of summer vacation, however, he has forgotten it.

B.At noon, Barnie makes a mental list of the five homework assignments he needs to complete that night. At 3:00 he checks himself and realizes that he still remembers all five. However, by 7:00 p.m. he cannot recall two of the five assignments.

C.Carol remembers most of the information that she has been learning about World War II in class this week, but she remembers very little of what she learned about World War I two weeks ago.

D.Darrell looks up the correct spelling of the word fossil, repeats the letters once, and closes the dictionary. But by the time he finds a piece of paper on which to write the word, he has forgotten how to spell it.

Answer Key: D

Question 3 of 29
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It is difficult for children to think about too many things all at the same time—a fact that reflects:

A.The existence of a sensory register

B.The limited capacity of working memory

C.The integrative nature of long-term memory

D.The constructive nature of long-term memory

Answer Key: B

Question 4 of 29
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To prepare for his test on Tuesday morning, Harry studied on Monday night. He remembered the information long enough to do well on the test on Tuesday but could not remember it for a surprise quiz a week later. Based on this information, how far in Harry’s information processing system did the information get?

A.It reached the sensory register.

B.It reached working memory.

C.It reached long-term memory.

D.It never got into the memory system at all.

Answer Key: C

Question 5 of 29
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Information processing theorists often emphasize the importance of attention in the learning process. Why is attention so important?

A.It gets information into the sensory register.

B.It moves information from working memory into long-term memory.

C.It moves information from the sensory register into long-term memory.

D.It moves information from the sensory register into working memory.

Answer Key: D

Question 6 of 29
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Mr. Wagner stands in front of the class explaining the process of photosynthesis. Ellen is sitting in the front row, but her mind is on the fight she had with her best friend just before class. Based on this information, how far in Ellen’s information processing system did Mr. Wagner’s lecture get?

A.It reached the sensory register.

B.It reached working memory.

C.It reached long-term memory.

D.It never got into the system at all.

Answer Key: A

Question 7 of 29
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Which one of the following examples best illustrates involvement of a central executive in information processing?

A.Adam absentmindedly cracks his knuckles every minute or two.

B.Brigette thinks about how she can best prepare for a history test.

C.Claudia has trouble keeping her mind on her classwork.

D.David is frightened the first time he hears the loud noises at a fireworks display.

Answer Key: B

Question 8 of 29
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An information processing perspective of development portrays cognitive development as:

A.Gradually improving cognitive abilities

B.A series of five distinctly different stages of development

C.Being due primarily to explicit instruction about how to think

D.Something that is influenced largely by genetically controlled changes in the brain

Answer Key: A

Question 9 of 29
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A staff member at a child care center says to you, “The children at our center range in age from 6 weeks old to 5 years old. I often wonder when their visual perception abilities become fully developed.” You can most accurately respond by saying:

A.“They can see as well as you can within 24 hours after birth.”

B.“Their visual acuity improves dramatically within the first two months and is as good as that of an adult by about eight weeks of age.”

C.“Curiously, their eyesight is quite good at about six weeks but then temporarily deteriorates over the next few months as the brain undergoes reorganization.”

D.“Visual perception isn’t truly adultlike until age 3 or 4, when the visual area of the cortex matures to an adultlike form.”

Answer Key: D

Question 10 of 29
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As three-month-old Isabella lies in a comfortable infant seat, a researcher shows her a variety of pictures on a video screen. If Isabella is typical of children her age, which one of the following pictures is apt to hold her attention the longest?

A.A fuzzy kitten

B.A smiling face

C.A bowl of fruit

D.A car with horizontal racing stripes

Answer Key: B

Question 11 of 29
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Twelve-month-old Claude has just crawled to the edge of a deep, empty swimming pool. If Claude is like most children his age, he will

A.Stop crawling forward, and possibly move away from the edge

B.Find the sharp dropout quite fascinating and lean forward to look down

C.Continue crawling because his perceptual abilities don’t allow him to detect the dropout

D.Continue crawling because, although he can perceive the drop-off, he hasn’t yet developed a fear of heights

Answer Key: A

Question 12 of 29
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Only one of the following statements is consistent with what we know about the development of attention and its role in children’s learning. Which one?

A.Children become increasingly distractible during the elementary school years.

B.Children are most likely to pay attention to familiar rather than unfamiliar objects.

C.Children show an increasing tendency to learn only the things they actually intend to learn.

D.Distractibility decreases during the elementary school years but increases briefly at puberty.

Answer Key: C

Question 13 of 29
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Which one of the following students is most likely to have trouble learning in a noisy classroom?

A.a first grader

B.a third grader

C.a sixth grader

D.a tenth grader

Answer Key: A

Question 14 of 29
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When children practice basic skills over and over again, they can eventually perform them quickly and with little thought or effort. An advantage of such automatization is that the skills:

A.Require less working memory capacity

B.Enable children to bypass working memory

C.Enable children to bypass the sensory register

D.Make the use of long-term memory unnecessary for simple tasks

Answer Key: A

Question 15 of 29
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When 3-year-old Marcus first tries riding a tricycle, he pedals it slowly and awkwardly, and he has trouble steering it where he wants it to go. Over time he becomes increasingly proficient, and eventually he can ride a tricycle with little conscious effort. Marcus’s progress illustrates the role of _______ in development.

A.canalization

B.organization

C.automatization

D.executive processes

Answer Key: C

Question 16 of 29
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Different theorists conceptualize intelligence differently, but most agree that intelligence:

A.Is largely the result of inherited abilities

B.Involves many different cognitive processes

C.Is an entity quite separate and distinct from learning ability

D.Is almost exclusively a function of accumulated knowledge

Answer Key: B

Question 17 of 29
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Four high school teachers have just learned that one of their students, Ralph, has scored extremely well on an intelligence test. Which teacher reveals a belief in the concept of "g" in intelligence?

A.Mr. Hudson says, “No wonder Ralph performs consistently well in all of his classes!”

B.Ms. Crawford says, “Ralph is an exceptional writer, but from what I’ve observed, his math skills are only average.”

C.Ms. Wyman says, “I agree that Ralph writes very well, but his spelling is atrocious.”

D.Mr. Grant says, “Ralph has trouble remembering basic math facts, but he’s very good when it comes to solving challenging math problems.”

Answer Key: A

Question 18 of 29
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Robert is a 15-year-old boy who has attended U.S. schools since he began kindergarten at age 5. With this fact in mind, identify the task that is most likely to require Robert’s fluid intelligence rather than his crystallized intelligence

A.Finding Egypt on a map

B.Solving a new kind of puzzle

C.Applying algebra to a mathematical word problem

D.Writing a persuasive essay on a current issue in the news

Answer Key: C

Question 19 of 29
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“A child’s ability to behave intelligently may vary considerably depending on the particular context, skills, and cognitive processes required by a given task.” This statement is consistent with three of the following conceptualizations of intelligence. With which one is it least consistent?

A.Sternberg’s triarchic theory.

B.Cattell’s concept of fluid intelligence

C.The concept of distributed intelligence

D.Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences

Answer Key: B

Feedback: Fluid intelligence is predominantly the result of inherited biological factors.
Text Reference: See Theoretical Perspectives on Intelligence, p. 287

Question 20 of 29
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Sam is a very talented dancer; he also shows considerable creativity in art class. He finds math and science classes very difficult, but he loves to read and tell stories to his many friends. Which view of intelligence is best reflected in Sam’s abilities?

A.The concept of "g"

B.Gardner’s multiple intelligences

C.Piaget’s theory of cognitive development

D.Distributed intelligence

Answer Key: B

Question 21 of 29
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Marissa seems to be a “born leader.” As president of the school service club, she can often persuade her classmates to get involved in school and community service activities. Given this information, we could conclude that Marissa has a strength in which one of Gardner’s multiple intelligences?

A.Spatial

B.Naturalistic

C.Interpersonal

D.Bodily-kinesthetic

Answer Key: C

Question 22 of 29
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Max is quite skilled in cartography, the art of making maps. Without knowing anything else about Max, in which of Gardner’s multiple intelligences would you expect him to be strong?

A.bodily-kinesthetic

B.naturalist

C.linguistic

D.spatial

Answer Key: D

Question 23 of 29
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If teachers consider Gardner’s view of intelligence, they would be most likely to conclude that:

A.They can bring about dramatic improvements in students’ IQs in a year or two if they provide a stimulating classroom environment.

B.Regardless of cultural background, students with high intelligence will do well in school.

C.Most students are likely to be “intelligent” in one way or another.

D.Students who are fluent in two or three languages will be more intelligent than students who are fluent in just one.

Answer Key: C

Question 24 of 29
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Which one of the following statements best reflects Sternberg’s theory of successful intelligence?

A.Intelligent behavior is a function of how well people draw on prior experiences and cognitively process information in order to adapt to a new situation.

B.Intelligence is due to heredity, environment, and a complex interaction between the two; ultimately, researchers can never disentangle the effects of these factors.

C.Intelligent behavior evolves in three stages: concrete thought, abstract thought, and automatization.

D.To be truly intelligent, one must show competence in creativity and social skills as well as in traditional academic tasks.

Answer Key: A

Question 25 of 29
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Only one of the following statements reflects an accurate comparison of Gardner’s and Sternberg’s theories of intelligence. Which one?

A.Both theorists view the development of intelligence as being almost exclusively the result of nurture rather than nature.

B.Gardner believes that intelligence is comprised of multiple abilities, whereas Sternberg views it as being comprised of a single entity.

C.Both theorists characterize intelligence as a multifaceted ability, such that children may behave intelligently in one situation but not in another.

D.Sternberg restricts his view of intelligence to the cognitive abilities and processing skills related to academic success, whereas Gardner takes a broader perspective.

Answer Key: C

Question 26 of 29
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Which one of the following statements most accurately reflects the concept of distributed intelligence?

A.How “intelligent” children become is, to some extent, a function of the number of siblings they have; children from larger families tend to have slightly lower IQ scores.

B.How “intelligent” children are is, to some extent, a function of class size; children achieve at lower levels when they are in larger classes.

C.Children almost invariably perform at higher levels in some academic subject areas than they do in others.

D.Children will behave more intelligently when they can use outside resources as well as their minds.

Answer Key: D

Question 27 of 29
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The original purpose of intelligence tests is still their main purpose today—that is, to:

A.Assess youngsters’ ability to solve abstract problems

B.Measure people’s innate ability to adapt to a complex environment

C.Identify children who may require special services or interventions

D.Predict how well youngsters are likely to perform in various professional careers

Answer Key: C

Question 28 of 29
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Judging from what you have learned about how intelligence is typically measured, which one of the following would you be least likely to find on an intelligence test?

A.How many friends do you have?

B.What does the word candid mean?

C.In what way are a tree and a flower alike?

D.What does the expression Leave no stone unturned mean?

Answer Key: A

Question 29 of 29
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Which one of the following most accurately characterizes IQ scores?

A.In the range of scores between 90 and 110, more people get a score of 110 than any other score.

B.If you divide an IQ score by 2, you get a person’s percentile rank on the intelligence test from which the score was obtained.

C.The average score is 100, with equal numbers of people getting every score between 70 and 130.

D.The average score is 100, with more people getting scores near 100 and fewer people getting scores farther away.

Answer Key: D