The Finding That, Over Time, People Tend to Separate Messages

question 168

Multiple Choice

The finding that, over time, people tend to separate messages from their sources-and forget where or from whom they heard certain things-is known as the ____. ​

• A)omega effect
• B)sleeper effect
• C)discontinuity effect
• D)boomerang effect

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Definitions:

Ecological Efficiency

The efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in a food chain.

Trophic Level

The position that an organism occupies in a food chain, defined by how it gains its energy, usually ranging from producers to apex predators.

Energy

The capacity to do work or produce change, existing in various forms such as kinetic, potential, and thermal.

Producers

Organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds, typically through photosynthesis.