At college Jim is learning to speak French, but he keeps using Spanish words he learned in high school. What is this an example of?

a. retroactive interference
b. repression
c. proactive interference
d. method of savings


C

Psychology

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a. training children to make friends. b. teachers' ratings of children's friendships. c. children's ratings of their peers' popularity. d. sociologists' observations of children's alliances.

Psychology

According to Freud, what is the purpose of anxiety?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

The majority of doctors in the United States have very little training in completing death certificates

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The principal tool for holding information in short-term memory is ______

a. rote rehearsal c. mnemonics b. elaborative rehearsal d. deep processing

Psychology