Imagine that you are tutoring high school students, and you have quickly presented 12 new terms to them. They are likely to recall the first few terms most accurately because of
a. the primacy effect.
b. the rehearsal effect.
c. the chunking effect.
d. the recency effect.
Ans: a
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A) negative state relief B) reciprocity C) kin selection D) egoistic helping
The most common reason that people with anorexia nervosa generally do not seek treatment on their own is that they
a. are ashamed of their disorder b. fear that they will be hospitalized. c. do not see themselves as too thin. d. have little desire for food.
The most advanced stage of cognitive development according to Piaget is the:
concrete operational. abstract operational. formal operational. symbolic operational.
Molly is a little more than a year old. Whenever she wants some water, she says, "Wa
wa." Which of the following best describes Molly's language ability? a. Molly has just entered the babbling stage of language development. b. Molly simply ignores the sound of ter in the word water. c. Molly can hear the sound ter in water, but cannot yet pronounce it. d. Molly is in the two-word stage of language development. e. Molly is using a protoword.