Your Instructor Gives a Pop Test After Just Lecturing on the Effects

question 586

Multiple Choice

Your instructor gives a pop test after just lecturing on the effects of drugs on the nervous system.On this test, you write "axon potential" instead of "action potential" and "repression" instead of "depression." Your mistakes illustrate the errors that can occur because most short-term memories are encoded

• A) phonetically.
• B) visually.
• C) episodically.
• D) procedurally.

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Definitions:

Complacency Trap

The mistake of being carried along by the flow of events.

Flow Of Events

The sequence and progression of activities or occurrences, often outlined to understand or manage processes or operations.

Ecological Fallacy

The error in reasoning that occurs when assumptions are made about individuals based on aggregate data for a group.

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often resulting in prejudice and bias against other groups.