You Decide That Instead of Writing Down Your Grocery List

question 103

Multiple Choice

You decide that instead of writing down your grocery list, you want to try out one of the mnemonic strategies you read about in your textbook. To that end, you try to associate each item on the list with a different room in your house. Which mnemonic strategy is this?

• A)Acronym
• B)Pegging
• C)Method of loci
• D)Verbal

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Definitions:

Social Facilitation

The phenomenon that people perform tasks better or more efficiently in the presence of others than when alone.

Social Inhibition

The tendency for individuals to perform differently, usually worse, when in the presence of others than when alone.

Distraction/Conflict Theory

A theory suggesting that the presence of conflicting stimuli or distractions can impair cognitive performance and decision-making processes.

Attentional Conflict

A cognitive process where an individual experiences difficulty in focusing on relevant stimuli due to competing irrelevant stimuli.