You Are Taking a Fill-In-The-Blank Test and Are Trying to Remember

question 580

Multiple Choice

You are taking a fill-in-the-blank test and are trying to remember the names of various theorists.To help you remember you try to use your impressions about the length of the name, letter sounds within the name, similar names, and related information.You also go through the alphabet, trying each letter as the first sound of a name or word you are seeking.As a strategy for recall, you are using

• A) flashbulb memories.
• B) eidetic imagery.
• C) echoic memories.
• D) partial information.

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Definitions:

Conservation

Piaget’s term for awareness that two objects that are equal according to a certain measure remain equal in the face of perceptual alteration so long as nothing has been added to or taken away from either object.

Symbolic Function

The ability to use symbols or abstract signs to represent something beyond direct experience.

Mental Representations

Internal images, ideas, or thoughts that stand in for objects, events, or relations in the outside world, aiding in cognition and perception.

Abstractly

Thinking in a way that is not concrete, focusing on ideas and concepts rather than physical or practical realities.