Casey just heard that Fargo is the most populous city in North Dakota. Using the concept of semantic encoding, we can say that she will remember this information better if she:
A) relates it to a popular movie she has seen titled Fargo.
B) stares at the location of the city on a map for 1 minute.
C) highlights the information in a textbook.
D) repeats the city's name to herself 10 times.
A) relates it to a popular movie she has seen titled Fargo.
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Suppose that a coin is flipped 20 times. The first 19 flips are all heads. Is the last flip more likely to be heads, more likely to be tails, or equally likely to be heads or tails? When people engage in the gambler's fallacy, they ____
a. say that the last flip is more likely to be heads b. say that the last flip is more likely to be tails c. say that the last flip is more likely to be heads OR say that the last flip is more likely to be tails d. say that the last flip is equally likely to be heads or tails
A committee charged with evaluating research projects in which human participants are used is a(n) a. Institutional Review Board
b. Informed Consent Committee. c. Debriefing Committee. d. Anti-deception Board.
In one study, a group of college students who received 90 minutes of training in the relaxation response experienced
a. no benefit from the training. b. a slight increase in their stress levels. c. greatly reduced stress levels. d. significantly improved grades and increased socialization.