Telephone numbers are organized into groups of numbers: the area code, the first three digits, and the last four digits. According to the stores model, this is because
A) the executive processor needs groups of numbers in order to remember information.
B) short-term memory can only hold a limited number of chunks.
C) there are limited nodes and links in our network.
D) there is a limited amount of information that can be activated in our memory at one time.
B) short-term memory can only hold a limited number of chunks. Short-term memory can hold only between 5 and 9 "chunks" of information.
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A) humanistic B) modified group C) Gestalt D) interpersonal
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a. Fritz Perls b. Alfred Adler c. Victor Frankl d. Otto Rank
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a. The behavior of humans often fails to conform to the stereotyped images of sexually promiscuous males and coy females. b. Evolutionary psychologists have tended to rely on data from case studies, which can be a poor guide to participants' actual sexual behaviors. c. Modern humans are not affected by evolutionary pressures. d. In most societies, it is no longer evolutionarily beneficial for males to have as many offspring as they can.