Question 1

Dara is practicing a new gymnastic routine.Her practice will be MOST effective if she:

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A)  practices many times a day.
B)  is given feedback about her performance.
C)  visualizes the routine in her mind before performing her new routine.
D)  blocks out all other distractions.

Question 2

Implicit learning:

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A)  occurs only in people with amnesia.
B)  is more likely to occur for perceptual-motor skills than for cognitive skills.
C)  is more likely to occur for cognitive skills than for perceptual-motor skills.
D)  is often studied using a serial reaction time task.

Question 3

According to Thorndike's identical elements theory,if you learned to swim in an indoor pool,you will swim the best in:

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A)  an indoor pool.
B)  an outdoor pool.
C)  a small lake.
D)  the ocean.

Question 4

Lesion and neuroimaging studies have suggested that the basal ganglia play a role in skill learning.Explain why it is difficult to determine exactly what this role is.

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Question 5

People with apraxia:

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A)  show the same rate of improvement with practice as unimpaired individuals.
B)  can usually perform complex gestures fairly well.
C)  have more trouble with learning skills than with executing skills.
D)  with practice,can usually achieve the same level of performance as unimpaired individuals.

Question 6

Research on talent and expertise suggests that:

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A)  practice alone determines who will become an expert.
B)  it is easy to determine how much practice an individual will need in order to become an expert.
C)  people need to born with talent in order to become experts.
D)  the total amount of practice is an important variable in determining whether a person will become an expert.

Question 7

Someone with damage to the basal ganglia would have the MOST trouble with which of the following tasks?

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A)  remembering the details of his childhood
B)  learning the names of all of the U.S.presidents
C)  remembering the name of a person he recently met
D)  remembering how to ride a bike

Question 8

Suppose you are practicing a speech for your class.Based on what you learned about the impact of knowledge of results on practice,what should you do to maximize the effectiveness of your practice?

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Question 9

Steve is trying to improve his public speaking skills.He is practicing by giving speeches on different topics to different groups of friends.Steve is using ________ practice.

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A)  massed
B)  spaced
C)  constant
D)  variable

Question 10

According to the power law of learning,performance during learning:

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A)  starts slowly,and then rapidly improves.
B)  improves rapidly at first,and then slows down.
C)  improves at a steady rate.
D)  improves rapidly at first and then declines.

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding the forgetting of skills?

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A)  Forgetting is rapid at first and then slows down.
B)  Forgetting is slow at first and gradually speeds up.
C)  Once you learn a skill,you do not forget it.
D)  If you are physically unable to perform a skill you once knew,it means that you have forgotten how to do it.

Question 12

Which of the following is true regarding the power law of learning?

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A)  It cannot be overcome.
B)  It is different for cognitive skills than for perceptual-motor skills.
C)  It is different for different species.
D)  It is the same for most skills.

Question 13

Jacob has an exam tomorrow.He hasn't studied all semester,and is cramming his studying all into one night.Jacob is using ________ practice.

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A)  massed
B)  spaced
C)  constant
D)  variable

Question 14

If we measure the neural activity in a rat's basal ganglia as the rat learns to turn the correct way in a T-shaped maze,we find that during the early stages of learning,most neurons fire ________,whereas after practicing,most neurons fire ________.

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A)  when the rat turns;at the beginning and end of the task
B)  when the instructional sound is broadcast;when the rat turns
C)  when the rat turns;when the instructional sound is broadcast
D)  at the beginning and end of the trial;when the rat turns

Question 15

Which disorder is an inherited disease involving deterioration of neurons in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex?

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A)  transcranial deficit.
B)  Parkinson's disease
C)  Huntington's disease
D)  apraxia

Question 16

Which of the following is the best example of a closed skill?

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A)  playing tennis
B)  driving a car
C)  playing a video game
D)  playing a particular piece on the piano

Question 17

It is difficult to study the forgetting of perceptual-motor skills because:

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A)  once a skill is learned,it is never forgotten.
B)  if a person cannot perform a skill,it usually means she has forgotten it.
C)  without practice,the ability to perform a skill tends to deteriorate.
D)  it is difficult to distinguish forgetting of the skill from impairment in motor control.

Question 18

Individuals with anterograde amnesia can:

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A)  not learn new facts or new skills.
B)  learn new skills but are unaware of having learned them.
C)  learn new skills if they are reminded each day of what they had practiced the previous day.
D)  learn new facts but not new skills.

Question 19

A person who has a very hard time learning to play the piano,but with practice becomes a concert pianist:

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A)  has talent but is not an expert.
B)  has talent and has become an expert.
C)  does not have talent but has become an expert.
D)  does not have talent and is not an expert.

Question 20

The basal ganglia:

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A)  are especially important for performing skills that require precise timing.
B)  are active when people learn cognitive skills.
C)  send most of their output to the spinal cord.
D)  are mainly involved in controlling complex actions.

Exam 8: Skill Memory: Learning by Doing

The basal ganglia:

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Individuals with anterograde amnesia can:

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Suppose you are practicing a speech for your class.Based on what you learned about the impact of knowledge of results on practice,what should you do to maximize the effectiveness of your practice?

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People with apraxia:

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Jacob has an exam tomorrow.He hasn't studied all semester,and is cramming his studying all into one night.Jacob is using ________ practice.

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Lesion and neuroimaging studies have suggested that the basal ganglia play a role in skill learning.Explain why it is difficult to determine exactly what this role is.

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According to Thorndike's identical elements theory,if you learned to swim in an indoor pool,you will swim the best in:

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A person who has a very hard time learning to play the piano,but with practice becomes a concert pianist:

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It is difficult to study the forgetting of perceptual-motor skills because:

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Implicit learning:

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Research on talent and expertise suggests that:

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Which of the following is true regarding the power law of learning?

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Which of the following is the best example of a closed skill?

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If we measure the neural activity in a rat's basal ganglia as the rat learns to turn the correct way in a T-shaped maze,we find that during the early stages of learning,most neurons fire ________,whereas after practicing,most neurons fire ________.

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Which of the following is true regarding the forgetting of skills?

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Steve is trying to improve his public speaking skills.He is practicing by giving speeches on different topics to different groups of friends.Steve is using ________ practice.

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Someone with damage to the basal ganglia would have the MOST trouble with which of the following tasks?

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Which disorder is an inherited disease involving deterioration of neurons in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex?

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According to the power law of learning,performance during learning:

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Dara is practicing a new gymnastic routine.Her practice will be MOST effective if she:

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