If the letters OBACKFIBHJCA are rearranged into HBO-JFK-CIA-ABC, they become much easier to store in short-term memory. This phenomenon illustrates the usefulness of __________ in short-term memory.
A. rehearsal
B. chunking
C. peg-word systems
D. the method of loci
Answer: B
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a. repression b. anterograde amnesia c. proactive interference d. Korsakoff's Syndrome
Research on temperament indicates that
A) the ease with which children manage their reactivity in early childhood depends on the type and strength of the reactive emotion involved. B) only 5 to 10 percent of individual differences in temperament are due to heredity. C) preschoolers who were highly fearful as toddlers score slightly lower than their agemates in effortful control. D) boys and girls tend to be equally active and daring throughout childhood.
Constricted blood vessels, accelerated heart rate, restricted blood flow to visceral organs: these symptoms
jointly reflect A) atherosclerosis. B) myocardial infarction. C) migraine headache. D) hypertension.
A woman is allowed to recall a list of items in whatever way she wishes, and she recalls the items in clusters based on some connection she has formed between items. This phenomenon is known as
a) subjective organization b) the enactment effect. c) metamemory. d) reenactment.