To Prevent Becoming Nervous and Going Blank on a Test

question 29

Multiple Choice

To prevent becoming nervous and going blank on a test, Miguel continues to study beyond mere mastery of the material. Miguel is using which of the following to improve his memory for taking tests in college?

• A)overlearning
• B)massed practice
• C)maintenance rehearsal
• D)rote learning

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, indicating that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Chi-squared Distribution

A statistical distribution characterized by degrees of freedom, used in hypothesis testing for categorical variables and in determining chi-squared test results.

Confidence Intervals

A numerical interval, associated with a specific likelihood, expected to encompass the actual value of an unidentified population statistic.

Population Variance

The measure of how much the numbers in a population differ from the mean value of the population.