In Their Classic Study on Learning and Memory in Scuba

question 68

Multiple Choice

In their classic study on learning and memory in scuba divers,Godden and Baddeley found that

• A)scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested underwater.
• B)scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested on land.
• C)scuba divers who learned words on land remembered them best when tested underwater.
• D)scuba divers remembered the words similarly across both land and underwater learning conditions.

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Definitions:

Risk Aversion

Risk Aversion is the tendency to avoid or minimize risks, reflecting a preference for certainty or safer options when making decisions under conditions of uncertainty.

Zeigarnik Effect

A tendency to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal whose pursuit has been interrupted.

Temporal Discounting

The tendency to value immediate rewards more highly than future rewards, affecting decision-making and impulse control.

Delay Gratification

The capacity to withstand the lure of an instant gratification in favor of a future, potentially more significant, reward.