Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 5.1 Retrieval

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 5.1 Retrieval or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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The Quizlet app is a memory aid that basically follows the information processing model. What are the three steps to this model?
Juliette is using the Quizlet app to study for an upcoming Spanish language quiz. She uses the audio option so that she can hear the words as she sees them on her screen. The auditory information that Juliette takes in while she is reviewing her study cards is called .
Hector uses the Quizlet app to study. To help him process the information in a more meaningful way, he asks himself questions as he reviews his study set, such as how does this term relate to others in this set and what is the most important information to know about this term? Considering these types of questions will help him with processing.
Jon often uses the Quizlet app to study when he is riding the bus to school. He finds that he tends to score higher on the app’s quizzes when he is on the bus than when he is in another setting, such as at home. The effect of the physical surroundings on Jon’s ability to retrieve certain information is known as .
Quizlet gives users several options for testing themselves, such as matching, fill-in-the-blanks, true/false, and multiple-choice questions. Which type of retrieval is involved in answering a fill-in-the-blank question?