Suppose you had to remember the 10 most important battles of the Civil War in the order that they occurred. Which of the following ways would likely be most effective?
A. chunking
B. repression
C. selective attention
D. method of loci
Answer: D
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Which of the following is true of Dwairy's (2009) work with Arab-Muslim clients in the context of cultural variations and their effect on psychotherapy used?
a) She encourages individuals to express verbally their private emotions. b) She focuses on a person's relation to his or her family. c) She encourages individuals to engage in self-reflection. d) She specifically urges clients to be in touch with their inner selves.
Scarr and Weinberg's research on social class and IQ showed that
a. children from disadvantaged homes could raise their IQs if adopted into middle-class homes with intelligent adoptive parents. b. children from disadvantaged homes continue to show significant deficits in IQ even after being adopted into middle-class homes with intelligent adoptive parents. c. children from poor economic conditions do not differ significantly in IQ from children from average or above average economic conditions. d. improving the economic conditions of the home has no significant impact on children's IQs because IQ is so strongly affected by genes.
What proportion of adults over the age of 65 do no volunteer work?
1/2 1/4 3/4 1/3
Economically advantaged neighborhoods are more likely to have positive effects on children's development because
a. children have less access to good schools in these neighborhoods. b. children in these neighborhoods are monitored less by neighbors. c. these neighborhoods are less likely to contain libraries. d. parents in these neighborhoods may have less stress and, therefore, more effective parenting.