With Which Educational Recommendations Would an Information-Processing Theorist Most Likely

question 30

Multiple Choice

With which educational recommendations would an information-processing theorist most likely agree?

• A)those that emphasize reducing short-term memory demands and explaining why memory strategies work
• B)those that discourage an active role of the child in learning and directly teach attentional strategies
• C)those that emphasize the role of the teacher as setting the climate for self-discovery
• D)those that discourage the use of inefficient learning strategies

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Definitions:

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Infantile Amnesia

The inability of adults to recall memories from early childhood, typically prior to age 3 or 4.

Memory Decay

The gradual fading or weakening of memories over time due to non-use or passage of time.

Retrieval Failure

The inability to recall information from memory due to absence of cues or encoding problems.