Why do college students remember a list of nonsense syllables better than Ebbinghaus did?
a. Ebbinghaus had less motivation to succeed
b. Ebbinghaus was impaired by much proactive interference.
c. Most college students are highly intelligent.
d. College students have had to practice memorizing useless information.
b
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a. Certified Drug Abuse Counselors b. ex-addicts c. clinical psychologists d. M.D.s
Imagery rehearsal is a
a. technique to alter consciousness. b. state of REM sleep. c. technique for eliminating nightmares. d. technique for avoiding sleep attacks.
Which statement about the mechanisms underlying categorization is FALSE?
A) Exemplar-based learning involves the prefrontal cortex. B) The left hemisphere of the brain is mainly active in recognizing exemplars. C) The visual cortex is involved in forming prototypes. D) Exemplar-based learning involves analysis and decision making.
Agonist is to antagonist as:
a. neuromodulator is to neurotransmitter. b. reuptake is to receptor. c. mimic is to block. d. block is to mimic. e. inhibit is to stimulate.