Suppose That Someone Has Just Opened a New Night Club

question 235

Multiple Choice

Suppose that someone has just opened a new night club and you freely choose to carry a big, obnoxious, heavy sign advertising this business around campus for three hours on a very hot day. According to , you would probably rate this activity as the most enjoyable (or the least boring) if someone paid you to do it.

• A) the self-fulfilling prophecy; $25
• B) the cognitive dissonance theory; $25
• C) the cognitive dissonance theory; $1
• D) the norm of reciprocity; $25
• E) the norm of reciprocity; $1

Acknowledge the phenomena of motivated forgetting and how it affects personal memories.

Understand how memory and recall tasks are influenced by factors such as suggestibility and emotional problems.

Recognize the significance of mnemonics in improving memory recall.

Identify key brain structures involved in the process of memory storage and recall.