List the five characteristics of short-term store.

What will be an ideal response?


It has a very brief storage span (15–20 s).
The memories it contains are easily disrupted by new experiences.
Storage capacity is limited but you can use chunking to increase the amount stored.
Its main function is to organize and analyze information.
It has a rehearsal function.

Psychology

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a. standard deviation b. range c. correlation coefficient d. median

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Adults need to be cognitively flexible to overcome stereotypes and stereotype threat

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Older drivers cause the greatest number of accidents when the weather is bad

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In order to assess whether or not the IV had any impact, it is necessary

to always compare the groups on the basis of the a. dependent variable. b. covariate. c. matching variable. d. none of these, since groups are not typically compared.

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