When Martin boils down the paragraphs in his physics book to one or two important points, he is helping his memory by using the technique called

a. elaborative processing.
b. repetition.
c. selection.
d. serial positioning.


C

Psychology

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What form of memory retrieval are you using when answering this multiple-choice question?

A. recall B. relearning C. recognition D. directed search

Psychology

Which expression is an example of telegraphic speech?

A) ball B) bat and ball C) throw D) hit ball

Psychology

The science of human development may best be described as an attempt to understand:

how and why people from diverse cultures are different. how children learn to speak and understand language. how and why people change across the life span. how humans and animals are similar and different.

Psychology

Members of the military may need to engage in behaviors, such as killing or wounding the enemy, which may go against personal moral standards such as "Thou shalt not kill."

To get people to adhere to group rather than individual standards, the military acts to increase soldiers' sense of ________ when they are on the battlefield. a. cognitive dissonance b. self-awareness c. emotional arousal d. deindividuation

Psychology