People are most likely to recall information in environments that are similar to those in which they initially learned it, by capitalizing on __________.

A. schemas
B. the encoding specificity phenomenon
C. visualization
D. rehearsal


Answer: B

Psychology

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a. females are generally less moral than males. b. young infants are born with an innate understanding of right and wrong. c. moral development occurs when the id gains control over the superego. d. a sense of morality first develops during adolescence, as a result of engaging in dialogue and debate with peers.

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Suzy is about to pick a cookie from a cookie jar. The cookie jar contains 4 chocolate chip, 3 vanilla, 2 ginger snap, and 1 sugar cookie. What is the probability that Suzy will not pick a vanilla cookie?

a. .7 b. .3 c. 7 d. 3

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In what way did Terman revise the Binet–Simon scale of intelligence?

a. He translated it into English. b. He added and deleted items until the average score for each age group was 100. c. He made it applicable to adults as well as to children. d. He freed it from cultural biases.

Psychology

Among college students, how likely diffusion of responsibility happens when the project is big or involves a large number of students?

A. more likely B. less likely C. not at all likely D. about the same

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