When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor struck several tuning forks, each of which was a distinct pitch, and asked her to choose two tones that sounded almost the same in pitch. The doctor was testing Ann's _

a. auditory convergence
b. refractory threshold
c. absolute threshold
d. difference threshold


d

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a) writing b) reading c) all subjects d) art

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A) Skinner’s. B) Jung’s. C) Freud’s. D) Kelly’s.

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a. judgments of learning are not sensitive to the increase in learning generated by retrieval practice. b. retrieval practice requires collaborative study. c. retrieval practice is often considered “too difficult” d. retrieval practice prevents distributed practice.

Psychology