Jess memorized a list of words. One week later, he was asked to write as many of the words as he could remember, but he could remember only a few of the words. Then Jess was asked to fill in the missing letters of word fragments. Some of the words on this task were from the list he had been asked to memorize a week ago, and some were not. Jess filled in the blanks of the words he had seen a week ago faster and more accurately, compared to words that had not been on the list. This study demonstrates the effect of
A. the levels of processing model.
B. chunking.
C. priming.
D. the method of loci.
Answer: C
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a. stress inoculation. b. progressive relaxation. c. guided imagery. d. meditation.
PCP was patented as Sernyl and first tested as
A. a treatment for alcohol dependence. B. a calming agent for nervous pets. C. a dissociative anesthetic. D. an antidepressant.
Simple prototypes can be taught by means of exemplars, or pointing out examples that fit and those that do not. What are these examples referred to as?
a. positive or negative reinforcers c. positive or negative outcomes b. positive or negative instances d. all of these
Piaget's Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions stage occurs for infants in the age range of
a) 1-6 months of age. b) 1-8 months of age. c) 1-4 months of age. d) 4-8 months of age.