The research by Ericsson and colleagues (1980) examined the ability of a college student to achieve amazing feats of memory by having him remember strings of random digits that were recited to him. They found that this student used his experience with running times to help him retain these strings of numbers. The significance of this finding was that
A. experts show larger primacy and recency effects than beginners.
B. knowledge in an area of expertise increases a person's digit span.
C. expertise with some material reduces susceptibility to proactive interference with that material.
D. chunking requires knowledge of familiar patterns or concepts.
Answer: D
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A study of HMOs in the United States found that
doctors wrote an average of six prescriptions per pregnant woman for drugs that are known teratogens. doctors only prescribed drugs that were known to have no harmful effects during pregnancy. doctors wrote an average of three prescriptions per pregnant woman, including drugs that had not been proven to be safe during pregnancy. doctors wrote an average of 38 prescriptions per year for known teratogenic drugs.
Piaget theorized that as cognitive structures developed, they changed with
experience. This is called (a) conservation (b) syncretism (c) the fundamental attribution error (d) accommodation (e) assimilation
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Men in relationships have been shown to view their opposite-sex partner as more forgiving.