Your Roommate Is Struggling in School Because She Simply Reads

question 372

Multiple Choice

Your roommate is struggling in school because she simply reads over the text and expects that it will "sink in." The problem is that _____________ rehearsal is a poor strategy for transferring information to long-term memory.

• A)maintenance
• B)elaborative
• C)generative
• D)repetitive

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Definitions:

Missouri Compromise

A legislative agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

Dred Scott Case

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1857 that held African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.

Supreme Court

The highest judicial body in the United States, consisting of nine Justices and holding the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation and major legal disputes.

1857

The year that marks several significant events, among them the beginning of the Indian Rebellion against British rule.