A Study Indicates That Participants Scored Well in Their Psychology

question 362

Multiple Choice

A study indicates that participants scored well in their psychology exams if they completed them while being seated in desks placed in a quiet room.This illustrates:

• A)the encoding specificity principle.
• B)priming.
• C)long-term storage.
• D)transience.

Recognize the contribution of specific regions of the brain, such as the hippocampus, cerebellum, and prefrontal cortex, in memory processing.

Be familiar with the processes of long-term potentiation and memory consolidation in the formation of long-term memories.

Understand the impact of brain damage and diseases on memory, including the study of H.M. and Alzheimer’s disease.

Identify the role of sensory neurons and sensory areas of the cortex in the perception and recall of memories.

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Definitions:

Virtual Teams

Groups of people who work together from different geographical locations, connected by technology such as email, videoconference, and collaborative software.

Reliable

Worthy of trust; consistently good in quality or performance; able to be depended on.

Curse Of Knowledge Effect

A cognitive bias that occurs when someone, knowing something, cannot remember or imagine not knowing it, leading to communication challenges.

Negative Emotion

A feeling that is generally considered to be unpleasant or detrimental, such as sadness, anger, or fear.