When DeGroot tested the working memories of expert and novice chess players by briefly
showing them chess pieces on a board, experts performed better than novices
a. only if the pieces were placed randomly on the board.
b. only if the pieces were placed in recognizable geometric patterns.
c. when the pieces were ordered as if a game was in progress.
d. if they were able to view the placement of the pieces for at least two minutes.
e. regardless of the pattern the pieces were arranged in.
c. when the pieces were ordered as if a game was in progress.
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A. tentative period B. realistic period C. career consolidation period D. fantasy period
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A) outpatient clinic B) mental hospital C) asylum D) retail clinic
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a. dispositional coping c. metacognitive coping b. emotion-focused coping d. problem-focused coping
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a. cephalocaudal development. c. proximodistal development. b. differentiation in development. d. general distress syndrome.