A. next-in-line
B. misinformation
C. serial position
D. spacing
Related Mcqs:
- In contrast to a dissimilar-items list, a similar-items list is __________________?
A. more difficult to learn
B. easier to learn
C. learned with equivalent ease
D. more susceptible to the serial position effect - The distributive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called ____________________?
A. state-dependent memory
B. retroactive interference
C. the spacing effect
D. proactive interference - Rasheed watches as customer with at least 40 items lines up at his express checkout line. He decides the customer must be a real “idiot” to miss the sign that indicates Rasheed’s checkout line is an express line with a limit of 10 items. Rasheed’s attribution for the cause of the customer’s behavior is consistent with_________?
A. drawing an illusory correlation
B. false consensus effect
C. the fundamental attribution error
D. a defensive attribution - In general, people attach concepts and attributes to items and events. This knowledge is used to categorize and understand new stimuli and is best known as a person’s ___________________?
A. algorithm
B. heuristic
C. schema
D. mental set - Associating a list of items you need to remember with a sequence of specific places is called __________________?
A. encoding specificity
B. chunking
C. the method of Loci
D. cognitive mapping - According to Craik and Lockhart, which of the following levels of processing would result in the highest recall of information?
A. Phonological
B. Syntactic
C. Semantic
D. Acoustic - When the host doesn’t recall something others say he/she done because another personality did it, what is that usually referred to by the MPD?
A. spells
B. black outs
C. lost time
D. all of these - Those items that are most likely to be forgotten are those ___________________?
A. with the least digits/letters
B. at the beginning of a long list
C. in the middle of a long list
D. at the end of a long list - Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:
A. dissociative amnesia
B. dissociative fugue
C. dissociative identity disorder
D. multiple personality disorder - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation
