Suppose You're Pitching in a Baseball Game and Facing a Good

question 35

Multiple Choice

Suppose you're pitching in a baseball game and facing a good hitter. You remember that you struck him out with a fastball the last time he was up. You also remember that your coach told you always to try to be unpredictable, so you decide to throw a curve ball this time. In making this decision, you are primarily using your

• A) central executive.
• B) fight-or-flight response.
• C) modality-specific memory.
• D) long-term potentiation.
• E) encoding executive.

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Definitions:

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