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Motivation
Cognition- Terms and Concepts 1
Cognition- Terms and Concepts 2
Cognition- Terms and Concepts 3
100
Sheryl doesn’t enjoy writing and is taking the class for only one reason: Earning an A or B in the class will help her earn a scholarship at State University, where she desperately wants to go to college. Extrinsic or Intrinsic Motivation.
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
100
The human mind's activity of taking in, storing, and using information is referred to as ?
What is Information Processing?
100
The Permanent storage of knowledge is referred to as ?
What is LTM?
100
The ability to recall thee exact date, time and place where you had your first kiss would be an example of _____ memory. Hint: Type of explicit (declarative) memory.
What is episodic memory?
200
Students reasons or explanations for life or school events.
What is attribution theory?
200
According to the Information Processing System, information hits sensory registers/memory where perception and attention determine what will move to ______ memory. Hint: The information that you are focusing on at a given moment.
What is Working Memory?
200
Procedural memory (motor skills or habits) is considered Explicit or Implicit long-term memory ?
What is Implicit memory?
200
_____ are basic structures for organizing information;concepts. These structures form a mental framework that guides our perception and helps us make sense of our experience based on what we already know.
What is a schema?
300
Student cannot pay attention in class because student is hungry (Hint:Use Maslow's hierarchy).
What is physiological need (Maslow)?
300
Repeating information in working memory to avoid forgetting information
What is maintenance rehearsal?
300
Knowing sounds that letters make or capitals of all 50 states is an example of _____ memory. Hint: It is considered Explicit (declarative) memories.
What is semantic memory?
300
_____ are expected plans for the sequence of steps in a common event such as how to order or pizza or how to order/pay for food while dinning at a restaurant.
What is a script?
400
Pride or shame for actions can be attributed to this locus of control
What is internal locus?
400
The Component of the memory system that holds information for about 20 seconds is ?
/What is short-term memory
400
Thinking about thinking or the awareness of your own thinking processes is referred to as ?
What is metacognition?
400
In working memory, the supervisory system that controls the flow of information to and from other components:
What is central executive?
500
Students most interested in learning as opposed to looking good in front of others are motivated by this goal orientation?
What is mastery goal orientation?
500
Research indicates that teachers are more effective if they vary the tone, loudness, and pitch of the delivery during the course of a lesson. Using the model of human memory as a basis, the teachers' strategy most closely relates to:
What is attention?
500
The process of forming associations that don't naturally exist in the content
What is mnemonic?
500
Bill is having considerable difficulty remembering names, terms, and facts in his American History class. On the last exam, he identified General Sherman as a Vietnam War hero, and Saigon as the capitol of Japan. Historical dates are so confusing to him that he does not even try to remember them. The result is that, although he typically does satisfactorily on essay questions (he purposely leaves out any names that he is uncertain about and always omits dates), his scores are extremely low on objective items such as multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank items. Given this scenario, with what type of knowledge is Bill having difficulty?
What is declarative knowledge?