You learned French in high school 10 years ago. You travel to Paris, and at the airport a customs officer asks you a question in French. You recall the correct answer from your study of the language and answer the officer. This is an example of which function of memory?
A) semantics
B) encoding
C) storage
D) retrieval
D) retrieval
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a. independent c. external b. dependent d. internal
A child is playing a game called "Who Am I?" His clues read, "I am a half-cousin to Charles Darwin, in 1869 I wrote the highly influential book Hereditary Genius, and I attempted to apply evolutionary theory to the study of human abilities."
The answer is clearly a. Alfred Binet. b. David Wechsler. c. Sir Francis Galton. d. Lewis Terman.
Environmental gerontology is the study of ______________________________
a) landscaping and gardening using Master gardeners b) potential construction sites for nursing homes and other assisted living ventures by which one assesses environmental and older adults' safety issues c) the ways adults and their environments function and interact as both are changing with age d) All of the above
The number of items recallable after any short display is called __________
a. visual sensory memory duration b. working memory capacity c. the span of apperception d. articulation span