Research on Expertise in Memory Indicates That

question 2

Multiple Choice

Research on expertise in memory indicates that

• A) experts do not really perform substantially better than other people on memory tasks, when you consider memory for material related to their area of expertise.
• B) experts are usually accurate in reconstructing missing parts of information from material that they partially remember.
• C) experts typically have both a well-organized knowledge structure in a particular area and outstanding general memory skills.
• D) expertise is primarily helpful because it exercises the mind, similar to the way a body-builder exercises the muscles of the body.

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Definitions:

Level Of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a threshold for determining the statistical significance.

Rejection Region

The range of values for which we reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Level Of Significance

A threshold used in hypothesis testing, below which the null hypothesis is rejected.

Confidence Interval

A gamut of values, taken from sample statistics, considered likely to include the value of a hidden population attribute.