Suppose that you have been given a short list of words to memorize. After you have read
through the list once, you discover that you can remember the last four words easily. This
result is an example of
a. Peterson and Peterson's recall procedure.
b. proactive remembering.
c. the primacy effect.
d. the recency effect.
e. the chunking procedure.
d. the recency effect.
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a. William James. b. B. F. Skinner. c. Sigmund Freud. d. Carl Rogers.
Eating disorders tend to be comorbid (or coexist) with
a. depression. b. generalized anxiety disorder. c. conduct disorder. d. learning disabilities.
The use of the Maori haka by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team demonstrates a. catharsis
b. the ability of facial expression and body movements to alter mood. c. the role of the right hemisphere in facial expression. d. the role of the amygdala in emotion.
The process by which neurons increase in number is called neuronal
a. proliferation. c. differentiation. b. migration. d. myelinization.