To Improve Your Probability of Performing a Learned Skill Well

question 143

Multiple Choice

To improve your probability of performing a learned skill well, or your probability of remembering something in a variety of circumstances, you should

• A) avoid emotional arousal at the time of learning.
• B) stay awake for as long as possible after learning.
• C) study or practice under a variety of conditions.
• D) study or practice under consistent, predictable conditions.

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Definitions:

Francis Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria-Este whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I.

Serbian Nationalist

A supporter of Serbian nationalism, aiming at promoting the cultural, political, or territorial interests of Serbs, often significant in the context of Balkan history.

Greater Serbia

A nationalist concept advocating for the expansion of Serbia to include territories inhabited by ethnic Serbs outside current Serbian borders, historically linked to tensions in the Balkans.

Shell Shock

A psychological condition observed in soldiers during and after World War I, now understood as a form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).