A. the primary effect
B. the recency effect
C. a mnemonic
D. a heuristic
Related Mcqs:
- Memory techniques such as method of loci, acronyms and the peg-word system are called __________________?
A. consolidation devices
B. imagery techniques
C. encoding strategies
D. mnemonic devices - The method of study compares children at various ages simultaneously. It is the ____________ method?
A. longitudinal
B. clinical
C. naturalistic
D. cross-sectional - To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:
A. double-blind
B. single-blind
C. self-fulfilling prophesy
D. representative sampling - By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:
A. The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
B. The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
C. A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
D. A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops - The first two years after birth are critical _________________?
A. to self-concept formation
B. to sensory formation
C. to aptitude formation
D. to formation of secondary sexual characteristics - According to Piaget, a child who is confident that the quantity of milk is a glass does not change when it is poured into a glass of different shape is probably _________________?
A. between 3 and 5 years old
B. able to conserve volume
C. in the preoperational stage of cognitive development
D. engaging in egocentric patterns of play - The cognitive field theory was developed by _________________?
A. Harlow
B. Tolman
C. Hull
D. Premack - As we move, viewed objects cast changing shapes on our retinas, although we do not perceive the objects as changing. This is part of the phenomenon of _________________?
A. perceptual consistency
B. relative motion
C. linear perspective
D. continuity - You walk into a dark movie theater wearing a white shirt, and notice that the shirt now looks gray. However, you know that the shirt is still white because of _________________?
A. size constancy
B. brightness constancy
C. linear perspective
D. texture gradient - 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 _________________?
A. encoding failure
B. repression
C. implicit memory loss
D. interference
