Memorizing by rote (i.e., repeating something over and over until it is learned) is also called _________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Repeating a person’s name over and over immediately after being introduced is an example of _________________?

   A. chunking
   B. elaboration
   C. a mnemonic device
   D. maintenance rehearsal

2. The earliest studies of verbal learning and rote memory were conducted by __________________?

   A. Thorndike
   B. Pavlov
   C. Miller
   D. Ebbinghaus

3. An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:

   A. number of hours subjects go without sleep
   B. rote memory scores
   C. number of subjects deprived of sleep in the experimental group
   D. correlation between hours of sleep and fatigue

4. If you slowly bring your finger toward your face until it eventually touches your nose, eye-muscle cues called ________________ convey depth information to your brain?

   A. retinal disparity
   B. interposition
   C. continuity
   D. convergence

5. A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n):

   A. theory
   B. Law
   C. hypothesis
   D. experiments

6. A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n):

   A. theory
   B. law
   C. hypothesis
   D. experiment

7. After an animal is allowed to copulate until it has no further interest, it will resume sexual activity when a new partner is provided. This is called:

   A. a stimulus need
   B. a curiosity drive
   C. the Coolidge effect
   D. an episodic drive

8. In Pavlovian conditioning the learned response is ____________?

   A. CS
   B. CR
   C. UCS
   D. UCR
   E. None of these

9. Who defined ‘culture trait’ as a repeatedly irreducible unit of learned behaviour pattern or material product there of?

   A. Clark Wissler
   B. K. Popper
   C. Frazer
   D. Hoebel

10. People experience learned a helplessness when they encounter uncontrollability. This generates a cluster of syndromes. Which of the following is more likely?

    A. Cognitive, perceptual and deficits
    B. Cognitive, perceptual and motivational deficits
    C. Emotional, attitude and motivational deficits
    D. Cognitive, motivational and emotional deficits