Bobbie took part in a memory experiment. As she studied a list of to-be-remembered words, she took the time to form an elaborate image of each word. She was confident she would do well on the later memory test, but the researchers did not ask her to recall the actual words. Instead, they asked her to recall whether each word was printed in upper-case or lower-case letters. Bobbie did very poorly
on the test, scoring only at chance levels. Based on what is known about memory processes, you should conclude that Bobbie had problems with the memory test because she:
a. was affected by proactive interference
b. did not use transfer-appropriate processing
c. experienced the serial position effect
d. was affected by retroactive interference
B
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a. There is no such thing. b. Humans do seem to have an instinct for aggression, and culture seems to have little impact on it. c. Humans do seem to have an instinct for aggression, and, in general, culture tends to feed that instinct and encourage even more aggression. d. Humans do seem to have an instinct for aggression, but, in general, culture tends to curb that instinct and reduce aggression.
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a. 50 c. 5,000 b. 500 d. 50,000
Julane was telling her friends about her trip across Scandinavia. The information about
her trip is stored in __________ memory. a. semantic b. episodic c. inherent d. state-dependent e. short-term
Forewarning is similar to ______, because it encourages the generation of counterarguments.
A. attitude strength B. attitude inoculation C. openness to experience D. speaker credibility