Occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect something that is not explicitly stated or necessarily implied by the sentence
a. Observer perspective
b. Pragmatic inference
c. Prospective memory
d. Automatic narrative
b
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a. jail for a few days. b. a mental hospital for a few days. c. jail until the person agrees to be treated. d. a mental hospital until treatment is finished.
If a researcher calculated a correlation coefficient of r = 1.27 between two variables, you would conclude that there is a(n):
a. high correlation b. very low correlation c. error in the calculation d. moderately low positive correlation
A drug that induces sleep is called a(n) __________ drug
a. sedative b. hallucinogen c. stimulant d. anorectic
Which of the following statements is true of elaborative strategy?
A) It is a more effective method than rote rehearsal to remember information. B) It operates on a limited level and is ineffective for younger children. C) It is useful for retaining stimuli in sensory memory. D) It focuses on arriving at a single solution to a problem.