You met an attractive person at a party last Friday, when you were a bit tipsy from too many beers. The next morning you could no longer remember that person’s name and phone number. Saturday night you went to another party and drank a few more beers, and suddenly you were able to remember the name again. Which principle best explains your retrieval processes?
a. the spacing effect
b. chunking
c. state-dependent learning
d. the context effect
c. state-dependent learning
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What is the term that Thomas and Chess used to describe babies who have a positive disposition, whose bodily functions operate regularly, and who are adaptable?
A. Difficult babies B. Easy babies C. Slow-to-warm babies D. Low intensity babies
Robert was born female but has a male gender. He is sexually attracted to males. Robert would be classified as a:
A) transgender gay man. B) cisgender gay man. C) transgender straight woman. D) cisgender straight woman.
Which of the following research results provides support for the social impulses theory oflanguage learning?
Toddlers learn new words best by hearing an adult say a new word while they are playing with an unrelated object. Toddlers learn new words best when they are taught in person. Toddlers learn new words best in a group setting. Toddlers learn new words best by watching others talk.
One of Pavlov's dogs had stopped salivating at the sound of the tone. The next day the tone was presented again and the dog began salivating. Pavlov referred to this as
a. shaping. b. spontaneous extinction. c. stimulus generalization. d. spontaneous recovery. e. higher-order conditioning.