Imagine that a directory assistance operator has just given you a telephone number. Surprisingly, as you hang up to dial the number the telephone rings and it is a telemarketer
Although it takes you only 18 seconds to get him off the line, you have been prevented from rehearsing the number during that time. Based on a study that is described in the textbook, when you attempt to dial the number now, it is most likely that you will
a. forget all or almost all of the number.
b. remember only the last half of the number.
c. remember only the digits in the middle part of the number.
d. dial it faster than you would have initially.
Answer: a. forget all or almost all of the number.
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a. appraisal of a stimulus.". c. physiological response.". b. processing of information.". d. subjective experience.".
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A. a sexual dysfunction that inhibits pleasure. B. an attraction to inappropriate or odd individuals or objects. C. sexual disorders and deviations in which sexual arousal occurs almost exclusively in the context of inappropriate objects or individuals. D. an extremely heightened sexual drive that causes distress.
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a. exhaustion, resistance, alarm reaction b. resistance, alarm reaction, exhaustion c. resistance, exhaustion, alarm reaction d. alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion
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