"Cat food, cola, toothpaste," your roommate begins reciting items into the phone as you throw your books in the backseat and get into your car; you're supposed to hit the store on the way home. He continues to list a few more items. Finally, he wraps up: "Coffee creamer, spaghetti sauce, dish liquid, and ice tea mix." You forget a few things, but the Ragu, Dawn, and Lipton's are in the bag. Your memory for these items reflects the _________ effect.
a. primacy
b. serial order
c. list memory
d. recency
d. recency
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Dissociative disorders are
a. relatively common. b. characterized by people having disruptions in their sense of identity through partial loss of memory or conscious awareness. c. one of the first disorders researchers and clinicians have agreed upon as a mental disorder. d. a type of schizophrenia.
The time in a person's life known as puberty is
a. a culturally-defined period between childhood and adulthood. b. a stage of biological stability but social upheaval. c. recognized as the time between 13 and 18 in all cultures. d. a biologically-defined period during which a person matures sexually and becomes capable of reproduction.
Sofia is taking a chemistry exam. She has not studied conscientiously, and the meanings of the chemical suffixes seem to be confusing. Sofia's difficulty in remembering is most probably due to
a. retrieval failure. c. maintenance rehearsal. b. encoding failure. d. mnemonic devices.
Watson described consciousness as
a. the effect of a stimulus. b. important and relevant to learning. c. neither definite nor useable. d. the source of responses.