EDUC 701 Quiz 4: Information Processing Theory | winter 2026 |
Graded A+
The quiz:
• Covers the Textbook material from Module 4: Week 4.
• Contains multiple-choice, true/false, and multiple-answer questions.
• Is limited to 2 hours.
• Allows 1 attempt
• Is worth 50 points.
Instructions
Quiz: Information Processing Theory — Correct Answers
1. Which is not a principle of Gestalt theory?
✅ Common distraction
2. Learning requires attention. Teachers should always check for understanding by observing students’
behaviors.
✅ True
3. Cognitive load refers to the demands placed on the information processing system, especially working
memory.
✅ True
4. If five basketball players are wearing the same uniform, you would group them because of:
✅ Similarity
5. The German word “Gestalt” can be translated as:
✅ Shape
6. The two major types of knowledge are:
✅ Procedural and declarative
7. Verbal learning is best associated with this scientist:
✅ Hermann Ebbinghaus
8. Advanced organizers help connect new material with prior learning.
✅ True
9. A learning outcome that includes hitting a ball would be considered:
, ✅ A motor skill
10. Verbal learning is best described as meaningfulness of items, degree of similarity, and length of time
one
learns.
✅ True
11. Long-term memory is limited, whereas short-term memory is permanent.
✅ False
12. Which Gestalt principle explains why we fill in incomplete patterns?
✅ Closure
13. What does the abbreviation STM stand for?
✅ Short-term memory
14. Information processing is considered one single unified theory.
✅ False
15. The process of putting new information into the system for storage in long-term memory is called:
✅ Encoding
16. Incoming sensory information must go through which sequence to be remembered?
✅ Encoding → Storage → Retrieval
17. Knowledge about specific events or personal experiences is:
✅ Declarative
18. Miller proposed that short-term memory can hold:
✅ Around seven pieces of information
(Associated with George A. Miller)
19. Propositions are the basic units of knowledge stored in:
✅ Long-term memory
20. Repeating a phone number to keep it in short-term memory is an example of:
✅ Rehearsal
Question 1
2..5 pts
Graded A+
The quiz:
• Covers the Textbook material from Module 4: Week 4.
• Contains multiple-choice, true/false, and multiple-answer questions.
• Is limited to 2 hours.
• Allows 1 attempt
• Is worth 50 points.
Instructions
Quiz: Information Processing Theory — Correct Answers
1. Which is not a principle of Gestalt theory?
✅ Common distraction
2. Learning requires attention. Teachers should always check for understanding by observing students’
behaviors.
✅ True
3. Cognitive load refers to the demands placed on the information processing system, especially working
memory.
✅ True
4. If five basketball players are wearing the same uniform, you would group them because of:
✅ Similarity
5. The German word “Gestalt” can be translated as:
✅ Shape
6. The two major types of knowledge are:
✅ Procedural and declarative
7. Verbal learning is best associated with this scientist:
✅ Hermann Ebbinghaus
8. Advanced organizers help connect new material with prior learning.
✅ True
9. A learning outcome that includes hitting a ball would be considered:
, ✅ A motor skill
10. Verbal learning is best described as meaningfulness of items, degree of similarity, and length of time
one
learns.
✅ True
11. Long-term memory is limited, whereas short-term memory is permanent.
✅ False
12. Which Gestalt principle explains why we fill in incomplete patterns?
✅ Closure
13. What does the abbreviation STM stand for?
✅ Short-term memory
14. Information processing is considered one single unified theory.
✅ False
15. The process of putting new information into the system for storage in long-term memory is called:
✅ Encoding
16. Incoming sensory information must go through which sequence to be remembered?
✅ Encoding → Storage → Retrieval
17. Knowledge about specific events or personal experiences is:
✅ Declarative
18. Miller proposed that short-term memory can hold:
✅ Around seven pieces of information
(Associated with George A. Miller)
19. Propositions are the basic units of knowledge stored in:
✅ Long-term memory
20. Repeating a phone number to keep it in short-term memory is an example of:
✅ Rehearsal
Question 1
2..5 pts
