Wayne has trouble remembering the last four digits of his new phone number (4422) until he makes the connection that the last two digits are exactly half of the first two digits. Once he makes this connection, he has no trouble remembering the number! This best demonstrates the memory concept of
a. chunking.
b. elaboration.
c. organization.
d. rehearsal.
b
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____ refers to an infant's ability to integrate sensations into meaningful patterns of events, or a mental map of the world
a. Differentiation b. Perception c. Constancy d. Canalization
Marina has a vocabulary of over 300 words and uses two-word phrases. She likes to talk and clearly enjoys participating in social talk. About how old is Marina?
a. 12 months b. 18 months c. 24 months d. 36 months
The middle class in the late 19th century achieved "death with order" by
a. making sure the death of loved ones occurred in full view of the family. b. preparing funeral arrangements far in advance. c. creating separate sphere ideology: men's work away from the home, women's work from men's, specialists (medical, clerical, etc.). d. None of the above.
According to the chapter Some Like It Hotabout personality and situational predictors of aggression, why
were the personality measures in Study 2 (mate competition study) administered to participants in a separate session that came before the laboratory session? (a) it was more convenient for the researchers to administer them in class a few days before the lab portion of the study (b) it was easier for the students to complete the personality inventories in a setting that was different from the lab setting (c) to try to help participants see the connection between the two parts of the study (d) to try to prevent participants from inferring a connection between the two parts of the study