Marcie finds that remembering her ATM card number and pin number are much easier when she groups the twelve numbers into sets of threes instead of trying to remember twelve separate numbers. What technique is Marcie using to extend her short-term memory capacity??
a. ?mnemonic strategies
b. ?stringing
c. ?chunking
d. ?method of loci
ANSWER:
c
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b. Getting married later reduces the chance of a couple losing their home to foreclosure. c. Getting married later seems to reduce the likelihood of unwanted children. d. Getting married later seems to decrease the likelihood of divorce.
Dante is a middle-aged man with a history of depression. Recently, he has been diagnosed with dissociative fugue. He adopts a completely new identity while staying in his hometown. His amnesia lasts only a short time. What aspect of this case is unusual for dissociative fugue?
a. It is unusual for depression to be associated with dissociative fugue. b. It is unusual for fugue to involve a completely new identity. c. It is unusual for people with fugue to remain in their hometown. d. It is unusual for dissociative fugue to last only a short time.
Out of all cases in which an innocent person has been cleared of a crime due to DNA evidence, how many involved mistaken identification of the perpetrator by an eyewitness?
a. ?25% b. ?50% c. ?75% d. ?100%
When df = ? the t distribution is identical to the z distribution
Indicate whether the statement is true or false