Question 1

Which memory strategy is being used when a long number is memorized by breaking it into manageable subunits each containing three digits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chunking 
B)  Method of loci 
C)  Implicit memory 
D)  Rehearsal 
A)  Chunking 
B)  Method of loci 
C)  Implicit memory 
D)  Rehearsal

Question 2

The strategy of making a meaningful link between items in order to help remember them is called _____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The strategy of making a meaningful link...

Question 3

According to _____ theory, children store verbatim and general accounts of events separately.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to _____ theory, children store verbatim...

Question 4

Rajan has practiced until he is able to remember the population of every country in the world. This ability will most likely

Accepted Answer

A)  greatly increase Rajan's ability to learn and remember foreign words. 
B)  have little impact on cognitive abilities unrelated with knowledge for populations. 
C)  disrupt his autobiographical memories. 
D)  enhance the size of his sensory register. 
A)  greatly increase Rajan's ability to learn and remember foreign words. 
B)  have little impact on cognitive abilities unrelated with knowledge for populations. 
C)  disrupt his autobiographical memories. 
D)  enhance the size of his sensory register.

Question 5

In assessing his newborn son's cognitive ability, Cosmo waves his hand at the baby and watches to see if his son reacts by also waving his hand. Cosmo is using a(n) _____ technique to assess his son's abilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory 
B)  imitation 
C)  cued-recall 
D)  operant conditioning 
A)  implicit memory 
B)  imitation 
C)  cued-recall 
D)  operant conditioning

Question 6

Pujols is watching his favorite baseball player in a home run derby and is trying to remember all of the movements that this player makes before he hits a long ball so that he can also become a big league player himself. Which of the following would best represent the consolidation stage of this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  The attention that he is paying to each movement 
B)  His organizing the player's swing into a series of memories for sequential motions that can be stored in long-term memory 
C)  Holding of the information in long-term store 
D)  His retrieval of past episodes of home runs hit by this player 
A)  The attention that he is paying to each movement 
B)  His organizing the player's swing into a series of memories for sequential motions that can be stored in long-term memory 
C)  Holding of the information in long-term store 
D)  His retrieval of past episodes of home runs hit by this player

Which memory strategy is being used when a long number is memorized by breaking it into manageable subunits each containing three digits?

The strategy of making a meaningful link between items in order to help remember them is called _____.

According to _____ theory, children store verbatim and general accounts of events separately.

Rajan has practiced until he is able to remember the population of every country in the world. This ability will most likely

In assessing his newborn son's cognitive ability, Cosmo waves his hand at the baby and watches to see if his son reacts by also waving his hand. Cosmo is using a(n) _____ technique to assess his son's abilities.

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Which memory strategy is being used when a long number is memorized by breaking it into manageable subunits each containing three digits?

The strategy of making a meaningful link between items in order to help remember them is called _____.

According to _____ theory, children store verbatim and general accounts of events separately.

Rajan has practiced until he is able to remember the population of every country in the world. This ability will most likely

In assessing his newborn son's cognitive ability, Cosmo waves his hand at the baby and watches to see if his son reacts by also waving his hand. Cosmo is using a(n) _____ technique to assess his son's abilities.

Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Theories of Human Development

Genes, Environment, and Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Body, Brain, Health

Sensation, Perception, and Action

Cognition

Intelligence and Creativity

Language and Education

Self and Personality

Gender Roles and Sexuality

Social Cognition and Moral Development

Emotions, Attachment, and Social Relationships

The Family

Developmental Psychopathology

The Final Challenge: Death and Dying

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