In Which of These Situations Is Information Most Likely to Be

question 80

Multiple Choice

In which of these situations is information most likely to be stored effectively in long- term memory?

• A)Abby looks up the correct spelling of independence and immediately writes it down.
• B)Bob repeats "Comment allez vous?" after his teacher five times in a row.
• C)Corinne realizes that the word receive follows the "I before E except after C" rule.
• D)David stares mindlessly at a page in his textbook with the hope that he will form a detailed photographic image of the page in his mind.

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Definitions:

Time Series

A sequence of data points, typically consisting of successive measurements made over a time interval.

Moving Averages

A technique used in time series analysis to smooth out short-term fluctuations and highlight longer-term trends by averaging data points over a specified period.

Exponential Smoothing

A forecasting technique that applies decreasing weights to past data, more heavily weighting recent observations.

Recent Data

Information or statistics that have been collected in the near past and are up-to-date.