Memory strategies are techniques or activities that improve remembering. Name and briefly discuss different memory strategies that people use

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer will include the following key points:
+ Preschool children look at or touch objects they've been told to remember.
+ Rehearsal — repetitively naming information that is to be remembered.
+ Organization — structuring material to be remembered so that related information is placed together.
+ Elaboration — embellishing information to be remembered to make it more memorable.
+ Other strategies include outlining or writing a summary and self-testing.

Psychology

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a. -70 mV b. -40 mV c. 0 mV d. +40 mV

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Which of the following is not an advantage of workplace prevention programs?

a. they serve adults who are still functioning well b. employees are a captive audience c. confidentiality d. improves employee morale

Psychology

Cross-culturally, men tend to place greater emphasis on ________ in their preferences for a mate, and women tend to place greater emphasis on ________ in their preferences for a mate.

A) earning capacity; intelligence
B) physical attractiveness; youth
C) youth; physical attractiveness
D) youth; earning capacity

Psychology

When computer-generated images are used to safely simulate the experience of boarding an airplane for a person with a phobia of air travel, the person is undergoing a form of

a. systematic desensitization. b. cognitive mapping. c. latent learning. d. higher order acquisition.

Psychology