Martha learns her math formulas for the quiz in Math class each week. Although she consistently earned perfect scores on the weekly quizzes, the day after any given quiz, Martha would be unable to take the quiz again and do as well. She noted her knowledge of the math formulas resembled the forgetting illustrated by _________________________.

A. decay theory

B. Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve

C. encoding specificity principles

D. encoding failure


B. Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve

Psychology

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Ten-year-old Benjamin is often nervous about bringing report cards home to his parents. Although his parents say they love him, he feels that they only really love him when he obtains excellent grades in school. Based on the theory developed by Carl Rogers, Benjamin perceives his parents' affection as

a. conditional, and he is likely to develop congruence in his self-concept. b. unconditional, and he is likely to develop incongruence in his self-concept. c. unconditional, and he is likely to develop congruence in his self-concept. d. conditional, and he is likely to develop incongruence in his self-concept.

Psychology

The most difficult motor pattern for children to attain is

A. the gallop B. the skip C. the slide D. the hop E. the jump

Psychology

Many older adults have difficulty with being steady on their feet, having difficulty with their gait, and overall balance issues. Research suggests that this is because as we age we commonly experience a loss of __________

a) white matter. b) gray matter. c) substantia nigra cells. d) cerebellar lobes.

Psychology

Psychologists who study animal behavior, cognition, and language in relation to human behavior, cognition, and language are _____ psychologists

a) behaviorist b) cognitive c) comparative d) animal

Psychology