Suppose That You Hear a Lecture About Memory Improvement, and the Speaker

question 53

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you hear a lecture about memory improvement, and the speaker says, "We must remember the value of desirable difficulties." The speaker is likely to emphasize that

• A) academic tests must be difficult enough to differentiate between the students who deserve A's and the students who deserve lower grades.
• B) professors who want to assess their academic programs must be sure that the courses are sufficiently difficult.
• C) students' motivation will be higher if they are allowed to select the appropriate level of difficulty for the material in a course they are taking.
• D) if students test themselves several minutes after learning some material, they will make more errors, which will encourage them to spend more time studying.

Analyze the impact of gender on achievement, including differences in how success is defined and valued.

Identify and describe psychological tests used to assess achievement motivation.

Recognize the influence of cultural background on definitions and pursuits of success.

Explain the attribution approach to achievement motivation and its implications for performance improvement.

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Definitions:

Antianxiety Drugs

Medications that are used to treat symptoms of anxiety by affecting neurotransmitter activity in the brain to induce a calming effect.

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic

A noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression.

Psychosurgery

Surgical interventions on the brain to treat psychological disorders or alleviate severe mental disorder symptoms.

Long-Term Potentiation

Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) is a persistent strengthening of synapses based on recent patterns of activity, which is believed to be the cellular basis for learning and memory.