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In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Sheryl writes the word 30 times. She is using a technique known as: |
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The process of encoding refers to: |
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| getting information into memory |
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| Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called _____ memory |
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The integration of new incoming information with knowledge retrieved from long-term storage involves what is known as: |
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After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Milton is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Milton is experiencing the effects of: |
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The finding that people who sleep after learning a list of nonsense syllables forget less than people who stay awake provides evidence that forgetting may involve: |
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Arnold so easily remembers his old girlfriend's telephone number that he finds it difficult to recall his new girlfriend's number. Arnold's difficulty best illustrates: |
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A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _____ memory. |
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Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants almost completely decay in as short a time as: |
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The ability to learn something without any conscious memory of having learned it suggests the need to distinguish between: |
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explicit and implicit memory. |
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In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Sheryl writes the word 30 times. She is using a technique known as:
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| The process of getting information out of memory storage is called: |
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| The three-stage processing model suggests that we register information in _____ before it is _____ into short-term memory. |
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Retroactive interference involves the disruption of:
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| The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called: |
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| Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity? |
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| A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _____ memory. |
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| "The magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to the storage capacity of _____ memory. |
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| The ability to learn something without any conscious memory of having learned it suggests the need to distinguish between: |
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| explicit and implicit memory |
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| The hippocampus plays a critical role in _____ memory. |
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| Adolescence extends from: |
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| the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood. |
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| The task of raising children is typically associated with _____ marital satisfaction. The departure of mature children is typically associated with _____ marital satisfaction. |
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| Erikson suggested that the adolescent search for identity is followed by a developing capacity for: |
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| According to Kohlberg, postconventional morality involves: |
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| affirmation of self-defined ethical principles. |
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| According to Erikson, achieving a sense of identity is the special task of the: |
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| Timmy, the youngest child of a high school athletic director, was able to roll over at 3 months, crawl at 6 months, and walk at 12 months. This ordered sequence of motor development was largely due to: |
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| During which of Piaget's stages does a person develop an awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived? |
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| When Tommy's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Tommy is clearly in Piaget's _____ stage. |
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| I am 14 months old and fearful of strangers. I am in Piaget's _____ stage of cognitive development. |
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| As a child observes, liquid is transferred from a tall, thin tube into a short, wide jar. The child is asked if there is now less liquid in order to determine if she has mastered: |
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| the concept of conservation. |
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| Adolescence extends from: |
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| the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood. |
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| Erikson suggested that the adolescent search for identity is followed by a developing capacity for: |
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| According to Kohlberg, morality based on the avoidance of punishment and the attainment of concrete rewards represents a(n) _____ morality. |
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| According to Erikson, trust is to _____ as identity is to _____. |
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| Timmy, the youngest child of a high school athletic director, was able to roll over at 3 months, crawl at 6 months, and walk at 12 months. This ordered sequence of motor development was largely due to: |
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| Which of the following represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development? |
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| sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |
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| Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's _____ stage. |
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| During which of Piaget's stages does a person develop an awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived? |
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| During which stage of cognitive development do children acquire object permanence? |
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| In Piaget's stage of concrete operational intelligence, the child acquires an understanding of the principle of: |
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