In the late 19th century, Mary Whiton Calkins observed an interesting phenomenon if short-term memory called:
A. the law of primacy.
B. the reminiscence bump.
C. the serial position effect.
D. free recall.
C. the serial position effect.
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a. cooperation among family members and peers b. stress on academic excellence very early in school c. moving up in one's profession by changing jobs d. remaining loyal to a single company during one's career
____________represents a profound decline or deterioration in mental functioning characterized by significant impairment of memory, thinking processes, and judgment and by specific cognitive deficits
a. Stupor b. Dissociation c. Agnosia d. Delirium
A chimerical face __________.
A. is another name for being deceptive B. is a happy face C. is created by pasting different facial images to form a single unit D. shows rapid shifts in emotional state.
In the early 2010s, the street drug krokodil caught the public’s attention because
a. it is 100 times more potent than fentanyl and therefore highly toxic and dangerous. b. it is the only street drug containing the opioid desomorphine, which was believed to have no abuse potential. c. users of the drug developed gangrenous wounds and other outwardly visible signs of the drug’s use. d. within a very short period of time, thousands of deaths resulted from the drug’s use in Russia. e. the drug is synthesized from a hormone produced by crocodiles.