The associations you form at the time of learning are the most effective retrieval cues for remembering something later. This principle is known as _________ specificity

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In the United States, which of the following statements about ethnicity and marriage is correct?

a. Latina adults are significantly more likely to be divorced than Black adults. b. At present, ethnicity is not related to marital status. c. Latina women are somewhat more likely than European American women to be married. d. European American women have the lowest marriage rates, probably because they are more likely than women from other ethnic groups to live with a partner, rather than be married.

Psychology

Behavior theory is to operant conditioning as humanistic theory is to:

a. Psychosexual development b. Aversion therapy c. Self-actualization d. Physiology

Psychology

Clint was used to eating in one particular fast-food chain near his house. When he moved away from home, there was a different chain in his new neighborhood. Even though he had never eaten in this particular chain, Clint walked up to the counter, ordered his food, paid, and waited at the counter for his food. The fact that Clint "remembered" what to do, based on the similarities between this

fast-food outlet and other fast-food outlets he had frequented in the past, most clearly illustrates the concept of: a. flashbulb memories b. elaborative memories c. implicit memories d. a memory schema

Psychology

As Molly is cutting roses, a thorn pricks her finger, and Molly automatically withdraws her hand. This simple protective mechanism of the body is known as a(n)

a. inductor arc. b. conditioned behavior. c. neuro-conductor response. d. reflex arc.

Psychology