Chapter 6 discussed college students' metamemory about factors affecting memory accuracy. According to this discussion,

a. students with ADHD consistently overestimate their memory accuracy, compared to students without ADHD.
b. students are usually accurate in predicting how many hours they should study in order to get a good score on an exam.
c. students usually believe that simple rehearsal is an effective way to study for an exam.
d. students are aware that the research shows that you remember words better if they are printed in a large font size, rather than a small font size.


Ans: c

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