George Miller's (1956) classic article, on the magical number seven, introduced the concept of a chunk. According to Miller's terminology, a chunk
a. should be measured in terms of the number of items that can be spoken within a 30-second interval.
b. is the basic unit in short-term memory.
c. is the portion of the brain in which short-term memories are stored.
d. is the maximum limit of your short-term memory.
Ans: b
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a. She is teaching him that big boys should not cry. b. She is teaching him how to use language to gain control of intense feelings. c. She is teaching him that he has no control over his feelings. d. She is teaching him to feel afraid of her.
A researcher asks Carlos, "What do you think would happen if it suddenly became possible for people to fly, like birds, without the aid of airplanes?" Carlos comes up with several interesting possibilities about "human flight.". Carlos is most likely in the ___________ stage
a. sensorimotor b. preoperational c. concrete operational d. formal operational
Digital cameras are designed to look a lot like film cameras so that you can use your knowledge of how a mechanical camera works to start using a digital camera. This is an example of __________ design
a. natural b. intuitive c. convergent d. divergent
The processes by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved is called
a. priming. c. learning. b. memory. d. cueing.