Kent State University
Memory
Week 2
Cognitive Load
Potpourri
100

What Building are we in?

White Hall

100

Name one classification of memory?

Short, Working, Long Term, Sensory

100

How much does the brain weigh?

Approximately three pounds.

100

The amount of information a

person is trying to process in

working memory at any given time.

Cognitive Load

100

Who is the current U.S president?

Donald Trump

200

How many students attend Kent State?

25000 Students

200

What is the name of the process of constantly trying to remember something?

Rehearsal

200

Immanuel Kant is known for this theory.

Nativism

200

How many stages did Piaget theorize?

4 stages

200

What body of water is being contested by the United States now?

Strait of Hormuz

300

Total number of sororities and fraternities?

30

300

Name all the classifications of memory

sensory, short term/working, long-term memory

300

Piaget's sensorimotor stage is what time period?

Birth to 2 years old

300

What is a cognitive limit?

The most information we can hold at one time.

300

How many desks are in this classroom (not including mine)?

23

400

What's the population of Kent city (not university)?

28,000 people

400

What is a schema?

Our personal experiences of the world and way of defining it.

400

John Locke is known for this theory

Empiricism

400

What are the three stages of cognitive load?

Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Germane

400

How many Earths could you fit into the volume of the sun?

more than one million

500

What percent of students are first generation college students?

1/3 or 30-33%

500

Information Processing Theory compares the human brain to what?

A Computer

500

Define Constructivism

Individuals guide their own understanding and knowledge of the world through interactions, experiences, and reflection.

500

The interplay between assimilation

and accommodation leads to

cognitive development and more

sophisticated understanding of the

world.

Cognitive Growth

500

Which planet is shrinking due to cooling?

Mercury

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