Psychology in Action – Flashcards
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The Q in SQ3R stands for
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The S in SQ3R stands for
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Survey
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Some educators and researchers now add a fourth R to the SQ3R, which is _________, encouraging students to think critically about what they have read.
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Reflect
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The three Rs in SQ3R stand for
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Read, recite, recall
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According to the text, a major mistake that many students make is to
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come to a lecture without having read the materials first
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question on exams are kind of analysis; not only do you have to understand the concept, you have to understand it well enough to compare and contrast it with other concepts
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Conceptual
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To do your best in college, it is important to make sure you are physically healthy and mentally alert. Which of the following is the best thing you can do for your concentrations and memory recall?
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Eat a breakfast heavy on protein and light on carbohydrates
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Concept ___________ are a visual organization of the key concepts, terms, and definitions in a chapter showing their relationships to other concepts.
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Maps
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How is the thesis of the paper you are writing different from the topic?
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The thesis is the central message of your paper -- the message you want to communicate to your audience. The topic is the specific subject you plan to discuss in detail.
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Which of the following is an example of an Applied question type?
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"One-year-old Ben learned to say the word duck when his mother showed him a duck in their backyard. That evening he sees a cartoon with a rooster in it and says 'Duck!,' point in to the rooster. Ben is exhibiting _____________."
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The question "who built the first psychological laboratory?" is an example of a(n) _________ question
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Factual
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What is one reason why merely memorizing facts form the textbook is NOT the best approach to studying before an exam?
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Exam questions are sometimes worded quite differently form the text.
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After Kai reads the heading entitled "Pavlov, Watson, and the Dawn of Behaviorism: in his psychology textbook, he stops to ask himself, "What did Pavlov and Watson do for psychology?" and " What is behaviorism?" Kai is using the __________________ strategy from the SQ3R method
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For remembering material before an exam, Rosa swears by her favorite mnemonic device, which involves stringing together bits of information in a numerical narrative. This mnemonic device is called
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Linking
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A ______________ is the particular way in which a person takes in, or absorbs, information.
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Learning style
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Students using an action study method might ____________.
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exercise while listening to recordings they have made of important information
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Which of the following is a strategy for defeating procrastination?
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make a map of your long-term goals.
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Verbal, visual, auditory, and action are all examples of different study
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Methods
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Students using a verbal study method might
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write out or recite key information in whole sentences or phrases in their own words
