Kim's game is a classic activity in which subjects are briefly shown a tray containing around 15 objects, and then the tray is covered and the subjects must report as many objects as they can recall
The subjects are prevented from using rehearsal to remember the objects. What aspect of working memory do they rely on to recall objects?
a) The visuo-spatial sketch pa
b) The articulatory loop
c) The central executive
d) The episodic buffer
A
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a. ?transfer-appropriate processing b. ?parallel distributed processing c. ?information-processing d. ?levels-of-processing
Which of the following statements is supported by research on school recess?
A) Distributing cognitively demanding tasks over a longer time by introducing regular breaks enhances attention and performance. B) Extra time for academics translates into achievement gains in children as young as age 6. C) Recess benefits children the most when adult supervisors organize and direct play activities. D) Teacher ratings of classroom disruptive behavior increase for children who have more than 15 minutes of recess a day.
Frank is a young musician who sometimes earns extra money by playing guitar on a downtown street corner during lunch hour. He sometimes puts a dollar and a few coins in his open guitar case before he starts playing
Frank does this because he ________. a) thinks the presence of the money will encourage those who are unwilling to donate to walk away more quickly b) feels the money in the guitar case is an incentive to encourage him to give better performances than he otherwise might c) believes the money will increase the number of people who are attracted to the music he is playing d) believes the presence of the money will act as a model for prosocial behavior for his audience
Blair watches the newscast each evening, with its usual diet of fires and other accidents. She often eats at Herby's Fried Snacks, a restaurant located in a brick building,
despite the fact that her eating there has resulted in bad indigestion several times. She avoids the well-respected Korean restaurant, because the Korean restaurant is in a wooden building. Blair's eating habits are probably being guided by ________. A) the availability heuristic B) an anti-Korean prejudice C) the anchoring and adjustment heuristic D) an addiction to fried snacks E) the representativeness heuristic