Jessica has problems concentrating and, as such, does not perceive the information she reads in her textbook as well as she should. Jessica has a problem with _____ of information.

A) storage
B) encoding
C) retrieval
D) semantics


B) encoding

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Chapter 6 discussed college students' metamemory about factors affecting memory accuracy. According to this discussion,

a. students with ADHD consistently overestimate their memory accuracy, compared to students without ADHD. b. students are usually accurate in predicting how many hours they should study in order to get a good score on an exam. c. students usually believe that simple rehearsal is an effective way to study for an exam. d. students are aware that the research shows that you remember words better if they are printed in a large font size, rather than a small font size.

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Describe the differences between dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.?

What will be an ideal response?

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Mental shortcuts that we use to reduce the processing burden on our cognitive system are known as ______.

A. heuristics B. representations C. cognitions D. frames

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Which of the following is NOT a measure of threshold?

a. absolute threshold b. difference threshold c. just noticeable difference d. separation threshold

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