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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. Feedback from yourself - feeling how the action went.






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






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






4. Info that is processed through some type of rehearsal






5. Metacognition requires the ability to...






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






7. The most significant adolescent ability






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Information moves through a...






21. Adolescents have superior ability in these areas






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






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






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






25. The skills required to do well on standarized test






26. Length of time you can attend to stimulus






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