To illustrate the interplay among and importance of main ideas, details, and examples, suppose your psychology instructor reported that short-term memory has a limited capacity. You should select and note this main idea. The instructor then mentions that short-term memory has a capacity of approximately seven bits of information. You should select and note this detail. The lecturer then remarks

Question

that telephone numbers and zip codes were developed not to exceed the capacity of short-term memory. You should select and note these examples.

The purpose of the paragraph is

a. to give statistics on the importance of taking notes in psychology class.
b. to criticize how students take notes in a psychology class.
c. to illustrate the importance of noting the main idea, details, and examples when taking notes.

The tone of the paragraph is
a. subjective. b. informative. c. critical.

Answer 1

c, b