If You Can Remember Exactly What You Did Yesterday but Have

question 113

Multiple Choice

If you can remember exactly what you did yesterday but have trouble remembering the names of all 50 states,then you have excellent ________ memory but may have poor
________ memory.

• A) episodic;semantic
• B) semantic;episodic
• C) implicit;explicit
• D) explicit;implicit

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Definitions:

Contingency Theory

A theory in the field of organizational behavior that posits the effectiveness of a leadership style is contingent upon the context and that no one style is best in all situations.

Blocking

In the context of learning and memory, blocking is a phenomenon where an existing association prevents the learning of a new association because the two stimuli compete for associative strength.

Conditioning

Conditioning is a process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus.

Stimulus Presentation

The act of introducing a stimulus to a subject's sensory medium (e.g., visual, auditory) to provoke a response or examine the subject's behavior in psychological experiments.