The magic number for the capacity of short-term memory seems to be __________, but this can be increased by using __________.
A. 7 ± 2; chunking
B. 7 ± 2; retroactive inhibition
C. unlimited; chunking
D. unlimited; metamemory
Answer: A
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a. Education about rape needs to be improved, beginning in the last two years of high school. b. The laws need to be changed, so that the legal process is less stressful to the person who has been raped. c. Men's groups on campus can help to organize information sessions about the problem of rape and sexual assault. d. The media must reduce the level of violence in films, popular music, and other forms of "entertainment.".
According to Freud, we place threatening wishes or desires into the conscious.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The explicit self involves
a. a conscious awareness of the self. b. a realization that "I can cause things to happen.". c. "the machinery of the self.". d. the ability to make a distinction between the self and others.
Sara is pregnant and has syphilis. If her fetus contracts syphilis, it has a __ percent chance of dying
a. one c. ten b. five d. twelve