Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters is known as:

A) rehearsal.
B) visual encoding.
C) elaborative encoding.
D) chunking.


D) chunking.

Psychology

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Chau is a recent immigrant from Vietnam. Now living in small shrimping community in southwestern Louisiana, she is struggling to learn English and feels confused and alone. Chau is especially vulnerable to ______ stress.

A. reactive B. acculturative C. secondary D. post-traumatic

Psychology

One of the functions of the limbic system is to:

A. regulate motivational and emotional behaviors B. moderate pain signals from the muscles C. regulate blood pressure and heart rate D. pass information from one hemisphere of the brain to the other

Psychology

Mary refuses to let go of her anger for her previous employer. She is now feeling a lot of stress on her current job. This might be an example of:

a. perspective taking b. residual stress c. forecasting d. rampant diffusion

Psychology

Who offered the explanation that hypnotized adults permit themselves to regress to childish forms of responding, that emphasize make-believe and impulses, rather than fact and logic?

a. Sarbin c. Freud b. Kirsch d. Miller

Psychology