Stan is trying to remember the name of the people in his new study group. He visualizes Stacey at the kitchen table, Lucy in the hallway, Monty at the microwave, and Mandy at the refrigerator. Stan is using a memory enhancing strategy known as
A. the PQ4R method.
B. elaboration.
C. acronymnemonics.
D. method of loci.
Answer: D
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a. attend colleges that strictly forbid drinking on campus. b. participate in workshops designed to increase their personal responsibility for drinking. c. overestimate the favorability of their peers' attitudes toward drinking. d. believe such attitudes and behavior are inconsistent with social norms.
Overexposure of advertisements for particular cars is likely to
a. cause the individual to dislike the particular car. b. increase the car's appeal. c. make the individual disgusted with the constant repetitive commercials. d. a and c.
The textbook authors note that there has been a “rather obvious lack of clarity about the definition of mindfulness.” Discuss one of the ways the term has been used in recent psychological research.
What will be an ideal response?
Which approach to understanding cognitive development is currently at the forefront of research, utilizing our understanding of genes and brain activity?
A. behavior modification B. social-cognitive C. cognitive neuroscience D. neo-Piagetian