Ronnie knows that if he repeats his dad's grocery list five times while walking to the store, he will remember about half the items he needs to buy. So when studying vocabulary words for his SAT prep course, Ronnie figures if he repeats the words 10 times he will remember almost all of them. How much will Ronnie's recall of the vocabulary improve compared with his recall of the grocery list?
A. Less than 1 percent
B. About 10 percent
C. Close to 30 percent
D. Just over 50 percent
Answer: A
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A) inconsistent with the scientific method. B) a vital component of critical thinking. C) an adaptive psychological tendency that results from our evolutionary past. D) a maladaptive pattern of thinking that is taught to us at an early age.
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a. the combined effects of physical arousal and emotional labels. b. the role of the thalamus in coordinating emotion. c. that emotions are primarily subjective feelings. d. the role of feedback to the parasympathetic nervous system.
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