Jorge Knows That Monika Goes to a Lot of Parties

question 26

Multiple Choice

Jorge knows that Monika goes to a lot of parties.When Bella asks Jorge what Monika is like, he tells him that Monika drinks a lot of alcohol.Even though Jorge only knows that Monika
Goes to parties,he tells Bella that Monika drinks a lot because he

• A) has a schema about going to parties that includes drinking alcohol.
• B) did not encode the original information about Monika properly.
• C) has a memory bias against people who like to go to parties.
• D) retrieved his memory about Monika in a context that involved drinking alcohol.

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Definitions:

Seek Time

The time it takes for a hard drive’s read/write head to locate the correct track on a disk.

Platters

The circular disks inside a hard drive where data is magnetically recorded and stored.

System Clock

A timing device within a computer that synchronizes and governs the timing of all computer operations.

Volatile Storage

A type of memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it loses its data when power is turned off.