In a 1932 Study, a Bantu Herdsman Readily Recalled the Details

question 80

Multiple Choice

In a 1932 study, a Bantu herdsman readily recalled the details of a cattle transaction, but the Scotsman had to look up his written record of the event. According to your text, what can best explain this difference in memory ability?

• A) Bantu culture emphasizes cattle herding so strongly that herdsmen have well-developed schemas.
• B) Scots have a written language and do not rely on memory anymore.
• C) Bantu people have a genetic mutation that gives most of them a photographic memory.
• D) Scottish culture discourages cattle herding, thus herders have little opportunity to create schemas.

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A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system, representing the amount of energy needed to create a system plus the work needed to make room for it in its environment.

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Entropy

Disorderliness; a quantitative measure of the amount of the random, disordered energy that is unavailable to do work.

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