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Information Processing Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 27 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Length of time you can attend to stimulus






2. People must process information to make it...






3. Information moves through a...






4. Brief - limited capacity - if not further processed - information is lost






5. Feedback from yourself - feeling how the action went.






6. The ability to use one's experience to formulate new ideas






7. Info that is processed through some type of rehearsal






8. The ability to size up situations and do what is needed to adapt






9. Adolescents have superior ability in these areas






10. Long term memories are laid down in patterns called...






11. If attended to - the information enters into the working memory - still a limited capacity - 30 seconds without rehearsal






12. Gives information on the effectiveness of a response or action.






13. Various concepts are connected to each other in a...






14. Making sense of appropriate information - making the appropriate decision and preparing the necessary action.






15. Extent to which a person can choose a certain stimulus over others






16. Metacognition requires the ability to...






17. Feedback from an external force such as a coach - team mate or the crowd.






18. _______ set their own goals - are aware of their present state of knowledge and where they want to be - and are internally motivated






19. The most significant adolescent ability






20. What do people use to solve problems and process information meaningfully?






21. Students who are not self-regulated (just want it) need more...






22. Adolescents are better at understanding what is required to...






23. Linguistic - Logical/ Mathematical - musical - visual/spatail - bodily - kinesthetic - interperonal - intrapersonal - naturalist - spiritualist - existential






24. This strength of one's own plays an important role in determining how one processes information






25. Some behaviors are so well learned that they require very little...






26. People have what type of capacity to process information?






27. The skills required to do well on standarized test