What results when new information enters short-term memory and overwrites or pushes out information that is already there?
a. encoding c. chunking
b. maintenance d. interference
D
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The serial position effect occurs when people
a. remember the first things in a list the best. b. remember the last things in a list the best. c. remember the first and last things in a list the best. d. have difficulty remembering the first and last things in a list. e. remember things they learn first better than things they learn last.
Although Larry never went out for any sport at his high school, he could be seen in the stands of every game wearing the school's colors and cheering wildly for his team. When they won, he felt exhilarated and would tell people, "We won! I knew we could do it," as if he had played the whole game himself. Larry is exhibiting which defense mechanism?
a. identification b. rationalization c. intellectualization d. sublimation
According to the author of your textbook, research designs are to statistics what _____
a. questions are to answers c. values are to theories b. causes are to effects d. scientists are to philosophers
When a schema no longer works, one must:
a. assimilate b. accommodate c. restructure d. construct