The theory of forgetting that stresses the similarity of items in memory is _________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.

   A. heredity; the environment B. the environment; heredity C. the environment; the environment D. heredity; heredity...

2. 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...

3. Semantic memory and episodic memory are classes of _________________?

   A. short-term memory B. iconic memory C. explicit memory D. implicit memory...

4. A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _________________ memory?

   A. iconic B. implicit C. echoic D. flashbulb...

5. 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...

6. The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ___________________ effect?

   A. next-in-line B. misinformation C. serial position D. spacing...

7. 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...

8. The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

   A. identical twins reared together B. identical twins reared apart C. fraternal twins reared together D. non-twins reared together...

9. Our short-term memory span is approximately ________________ items?

   A. 2 B. 5 C. 7 D. 10...

10. Forgetting that occurs solely as a function of the passage of time is called _______________?

    A. amnesia B. decay C. adaptation D. interference...