Your friend Amy has just failed her psychology test and does not understand how this could have happened. She reminds you that she looked over her notes while you were both watching television last night and then stayed up
three more hours cramming in all those "terms" that are so hard to remember by recopying her notes. Amy finally says that "perhaps she studied too much and got confused." After reading about the reflective study strategies, explain how Amy can improve her study habits.
What will be an ideal response
Answer will include that Amy needs to study in a specific place without distractions, such as television. She also needs to space out her study sessions by studying her notes every night and not wait until the night before the test. Cramming, or massed practice, is not an effective study strategy and neither is recopying one's notes.
Mnemonics might help Amy learn the large number of terms by linking new information to ideas and images that she can remember. Amy also needs to self-test herself by posing questions to herself and by using the practice tests and flash cards provided at MindTap. Lastly, Amy should overlearn the material, that is, continue to study and learn after she thinks she has mastered a topic. It would also be helpful to treat every test as if it were an essay test and thoroughly learn the material.
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Harmon-Jones and others (1996) research in which participants drank Kool-Aid mixed with sugar versus vinegar showed that
a. negative consequences for lying are not essential to dissonance. b. negative consequences for lying are essential to dissonance. c. attribution of arousal is essential to dissonance. d. attribution of arousal is not essential to dissonance.
Which treatment would be most likely to help a patient starting it several days after a stroke?
a. injecting a drug to block dopamine b. administering tranquilizers c. extensive bed rest d. giving stimulant drugs combined with physical therapy
Why is alcohol and drug use in the United States important?
a. because of the controversy that drugs create b. because of the number of people who use alcohol or drugs c. because of the negative consequences of drug use d. all of these e. none of these