Simon and Bjork (2001) Found That When Participants Were Asked

question 19

Multiple Choice

Simon and Bjork (2001) found that when participants were asked to judge their performances on a retention test, participants who experienced a blocked schedule typically:

• A) Accurately estimate their retention test performance
• B) Overestimate their retention test performance
• C) Underestimate their retention test performance
• D) Make a prediction based on the type of skill they are practicing

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Definitions:

Word Recognition

The ability of a reader to identify written words correctly and effortlessly.

Encode

To transform sensory input into a form that is more readily processed.

Sensory Input

Information gathered by the senses such as sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, which gets processed by the brain to make sense of the world.

Moral Realism

The philosophical belief that there are objective moral values which are independent of human opinion or belief.