When trying to learn a list of items that will need to be remembered later, a person associates each item with one of a series of rhymes, such as "one is a bun," "two is a shoe, "three is a tree" and so on
Which memory technique is being used?
a. the method of loci
b. the peg-word method
c. metamemory
d. feelings-of-knowing
Answer: b. the peg-word method
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a. sleep b. biological urges c. reasoning and planning d. hearing and vision
A review by Vrij (2005) on statement validity assessment (SVA) concluded that the procedure
A. is not ethical. B. does not meet the Daubert guidelines. C. is of no use in police investigations. D. does not detect true versus fabricated stories at greater than chance.
Even though both Pavlov and Watson believed the repeated
pairing of the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus was the critical element in classical conditioning, Rescorla argued that _____ is the critical element in classical conditioning.
Butler expanded on Erikson's ideas by proposing that in old age, all of us go through a process in which there is a "progressive return to consciousness of past experience, and particularly, the resurgence of unresolved conflicts." Butler is describing:
a. disengagement b. life review c. late life crisis d. selective optimization with compensation