Provide some examples of the bizarreness effect from your life.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. For example, I can remember many of the details of a funny commercial shown during the Superbowl, but can't remember what I was eating while watching the game.
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The research of Eich and Metcalf would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be _________ when taking the math exam to do well.
A. calm B. nervous C. happy D. depressed
Research suggests that for an adult, the loss of a parent is
a. more difficult to deal with for women than for men. b. upsetting, but in some ways expected and therefore tends to be easier to deal with than the death of a child or of a spouse. c. typically the most difficult type of loss with which to cope. d. characterized by anger but not guilt.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Individuals working in situations that are overly stimulating show signs of mental fatigue. b. Teams working in highly stimulating situations cope by relying more heavily on their shared mental model. c. The effects of cognitive overload are minimal if the group is small. d. Cognitive resources drained by overstimulation may be restored by watching television.
A memory for some significant life event is called a(n) ____ memory
a. autobiographical b. general knowledge c. intonation d. semantic