Gavin finds that he remembers the material in his textbooks much better when he studies for 30 minutes each night on the 6 nights before an exam, than when he studies for 3 hours straight through on the night before an exam. Gavin's experience is consistent with memory research that has documented the effectiveness of the technique known as:
a. massed practice
b. distributed practice
c. chunking
d. elaborative encoding
B
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Jeremy is sitting quietly when the muscles in his left leg begin to "twitch.". This activation of movement in his voluntary muscles is most likely due to the release of the neurotransmitter
a. serotonin. b. dopamine. c. acetylcholine. d. norepinephrine.
Until the work of ____, experimentation was not the preferred method in physiology.?
a. ?Galileo b. ?Newton c. ?J. Müller d. ?Broca e. ?Wundt
This is one critical factor in a research study that can make previously insignificant changes significant:
a. ethical use of participants c. researcher credibility b. funding sources d. increasing the sample size
Which statement is true regarding the study of history?
a. Although sometimes interesting, history is, after all, the story of the past and of little importance today. b. Early histories tend to be less biased than histories being written today. c. In general, the study of history is actually more scientific than the study of psychology. d. Histories have been written for many purposes, including advancing a particular religious or political system.