You have enrolled in Professor Lawrence's Sociology class this semester, and a friend (who took the same professor last year) warns you that Professor Lawrence tends to speak rapidly and present a great deal of information in a short time. You decide to be sure that you have read the assigned textbook chapter before each class meeting to familiarize yourself with the concepts before the lecture begins. Your strategy is based on the idea of
A) dividing your attention for better processing.
B) maximizing encoding specificity effects.
C) minimizing the cognitive load on your working memory.
D) processing the information at shallow levels for better long-term memory.
Ans: C) minimizing the cognitive load on your working memory.
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A) Drug abuse B) Drug addiction C) Binging D) Withdrawal
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A) It refers to the number of abortions per thousand women aged 15 to 44. B) It refers to the number of abortions per hundred women aged 13 to 50. C) It refers to the number of abortions per 100 live births. D) It refers to the number of abortions per 1,000 live births.
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a. obese individuals having more children than nonobese individuals. b. the obesogenic environment. c. the increase of eating disorders among small children. d. genetic problems leading to a person's inability to lose weight.
_________ are the expected behaviors associated with a given status in society.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)