Which of the Following Statements Has Primarily Cognitive Meaning

question 182

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements has primarily cognitive meaning?

• A) Private insurance companies regularly overbill the Medicare program.
• B) From what I saw last night, it's clear that your little brother is a brat.
• C) Justin Timberlake's latest CD is positively stunning.
• D) Professor Gibson delivered a moronic lecture today on Plato's metaphysics.
• E) Everyone with a functioning brain rejects religious fundamentalism.

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Definitions:

Long-term Memory

A type of memory that can store an unlimited amount of information for a potentially indefinite length of time.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Chunking

Chunking is a cognitive strategy for organizing information into manageable units or chunks, making it easier to process and remember.

7 Plus or Minus 2 Rule

A cognitive principle suggesting that the average person can hold 5 to 9 items in their working memory.