Short-term memory span of 7 plus or minus 2 refers to
a. the number of items that can be held in memory.
b. the number of chunks that can be held in memory.
c. the length of time information can be held in memory.
d. the length of time to transfer information into long-term memory.
B
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PET or fMRI records the activity of various brain areas during a task. Before we can draw conclusions about those brain areas, what other information do we need?
a. Recordings from the same areas during a comparison task b. Recordings from the rest of the body during the original task c. Recordings of the experimenter's comments during the procedure d. Recordings of the participant's comments after the procedure
Jebreel is a graduating senior who must decide among four job offers in four different cities. He wants to move to a city where he can wear the same clothes all year. The standard deviations of temperature in these cities are given below. Which city should Jebreel choose??
a. ?8.19 b. ?12.46 c. ?19.48 d. ?24.13
In a contract negotiation, union leaders initially demand a $2 per hour raise. Management does not want to give workers a raise at all. Eventually, both sides agree to a $1 per hour raise. This is an example of ______
a. confrontation c. displacement b. sublimation d. compromise
David's wife, Esther, recently died. If David is like most recently widowed older adults, his greatest problem is most likely
A) profound loneliness. B) financial instability. C) anxiousness. D) declining health.