Chapter 6 - Memory Strategies and Metacognition

Question 1

Divided attention

Answer 1

mutitasking

Question 2

working memory limits

Answer 2

people speaking quickly, showing things too briefly - stresses phono loop and visuospatial sketchpad

Question 3

levels of processing

Answer 3

deep processing enhanced by:

elaboration
rehearsal
distinctiveness
self-reference

Question 4

encoding specifity principle

Answer 4

context same at retrieval as at time of encoding

Question 5

total time hypothesis

Answer 5

time important but -quality not just quantity

Question 6

distributed practice effect

Answer 6

spread out learning (not cramming)

Question 7

desirable difficulties

Answer 7

have some challenges - spread out questions / reviewing - leave time between repetition (not all at once)

Question 8

testing effect

Answer 8

testing is helpful for increasing LTM

Question 9

test anxiety

Answer 9

worry intrudes

Question 10

Mnemonics that emphasize organization

Answer 10

chunking
hierarchy
first letter technique
narrative technique

Question 11

another type of mnemonics

Answer 11

method of loci

Question 12

prospective memory

Answer 12

things you’re going to do

Question 13

retrospective memory

Answer 13

things you’ve already done

Question 14

older people aware or not aware of memory limitations

Answer 14

use memory aids

Question 15

metacognition

Answer 15

knowledge and control of cognitive processes - self-knowledge

Question 16

meta memory

Answer 16

self-monitory and knowledge of memory

Question 17

foresight bias

Answer 17

result in tendency to be overconfident

Question 18

limited time - what to do

Answer 18

spend time on things that are easy

Question 19

tip of the tongue

Answer 19

involuntary - knowing something but can’t remember in the moment

Question 20

feeling of knowing

Answer 20

knowing you’d recognize it if you see it - conscious

Question 21

metacomprehension

Answer 21

thoughts about lang comprehension