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Question 111

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In Alan Baddeley's model of working memory,the hypothetical central executive engages in

A) chunking.
B) focusing attention.
C) automatic processing.
D) mnemonics.

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Question 112

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The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is known as

A) the testing effect.
B) deep processing.
C) the spacing effect.
D) chunking.

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Question 113

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When children are interviewed about their recollections of possible sexual abuse,their reports are especially credible if

The self-reference effect best illustrates the value of

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called

Several months after watching a science fiction movie about spaceship travel and alien abductions,Steve began to remember that he had been abducted by aliens and personally subjected to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie.His mistaken recall best illustrates

Chunking refers to

Jimmy was a patient with anterograde amnesia triggered by brain damage in 1945.Jimmy lost his ability to form new ________ memories but his ability for ________ remained intact.

Your activated but limited-capacity memory is called ________ memory.

Briefly glancing at a visual scene without consciously processing it may lead us to experience ________ when we subsequently focus conscious attention on the scene.

The recall of sad experiences is often primed by feelings of sadness.This most clearly illustrates

Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of retrieval and encoding are the same.This best illustrates

We are more likely to remember the words "bicycle,cigarette,and fire" than the words "void,process,and inherent." This best illustrates the value of

Faulty memory for how,when,or where information was learned is called

It's harder for Alonso to recall the name of a workplace colleague when he see her in a grocery store rather than in the hallway outside his workplace office where he was first introduced to her.This best illustrates

Wei Dong was asked to memorize a long list of words that included "ship,effort,professor,and inquire." He later recalled these words as "boat,work,teacher,and question." This best illustrates the impact of

By creating an outline in which specific facts and theories are located within the larger framework of major topics and subtopics,Jasmine can remember much more of what she reads in her textbooks.This best illustrates the benefits of

Because her memory trace has faded,Dr.Jordan remembers much less about the organic chemistry that she once learned well as a medical student.Her memory loss best illustrates

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as

Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories?