You Have Enrolled in Professor Lawrence's Sociology Class This Semester

question 1

Multiple Choice

You have enrolled in Professor Lawrence's Sociology class this semester, and a friend (who took the same professor last year) warns you that Professor Lawrence tends to speak rapidly and present a great deal of information in a short time. You decide to be sure that you have read the assigned textbook chapter before each class meeting to familiarize yourself with the concepts before the lecture begins. Your strategy is based on the idea of

• A) dividing your attention for better processing.
• B) maximizing encoding specificity effects.
• C) minimizing the cognitive load on your working memory.
• D) processing the information at shallow levels for better long-term memory.

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