Flashcards #1

Question 1

metacognition

Answer 1

awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes.

Question 2

memory

Answer 2

the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms.

Question 3

long-term memory

Answer 3

the stage of the dual memory model proposed by the Atkinson and Shiffrin (from Stanford University), and informative knowledge can be stored for long periods of time.

Question 4

short-term memory

Answer 4

is the capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Question 5

working memory

Answer 5

the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Question 6

think-aloud

Answer 6

express one’s thoughts as soon as they occur.

Question 7

elaboration

Answer 7

the process of developing or presenting a theory, policy, or system in further detail.

Question 8

deep processing

Answer 8

involves elaboration rehearsal which involves a more meaningful analysis (e.g. images, thinking, associations etc.) of information and leads to better recall.

Question 9

shallow processing

Answer 9

is a way individuals process information according to the levels of processing theory developed by Craik and Lockhart. They theorized that memory recall was based on the depth of processing and that deeper and more meaningful processing made recall easier.

Question 10

self-efficacy

Answer 10

is confidence in one’s own ability to achieve intended results.

Question 11

short-term goal

Answer 11

is something you want to accomplish soon.

Question 12

long-term goal

Answer 12

something you want to accomplish in the future. Long-term goals require time and planning. They are not something you can do this week or even this year.

Question 13

enabling goal

Answer 13

It is written to help achieve a longer-term goal. Enabling goals are like stepping stones that help us measure our progress toward reaching longer term goals. They can be considered “objectives” of long term goals.

Question 14

SMART goal

Answer 14

defined as one that is specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and time- bound.

Question 15

chunking

Answer 15

breaks up long strings of information into units or chunks. The resulting chunks are easier to commit to memory than a longer uninterrupted string of information.

Question 16

paraphrasing

Answer 16

express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Question 17

attention

Answer 17

notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important.

Question 18

Acronyms

Answer 18

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. ex NASA

Question 19

Acrostics

Answer 19

a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.