When you made a poor grade on history in high school, you made sure you read the chapters twice before taking the next test. Although this strategy has NOT worked in college, you continue this INEFFECTIVE strategy, disregarding the instructor's study advice. Your continued poor performance on tests is due to
a. disjunctive thinking.
b. fixation.
c. consolidation.
d. functional incubation.
B
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a. 9 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24
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a. It allows scientists to draw cause-and-effect conclusions. b. It allows the study of natural observation. c. It avoids over control of a measure. d. It has no ethical concerns compared to other methods.
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a. the same participants remembering some information at longer and longer intervals after learning the information. b. different groups of participants remembering some information across different periods of time after learning the information. c. the same participants remembering some information for as many trials as it takes to recall all of the information correctly. d. the same participants recalling some information many times but, each time, receiving different retrieval cues to assist their recall.
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a. ?neuroticism b. ?introversion c. ?psychoticism d. ?emotional stability