Because We Experience Peoples' Behavior Daily, Most Students Have Developed

question 78

Essay

Because we experience peoples' behavior daily, most students have developed a set of ideas about how people work even before they enter the psychology classroom. This is very different from the situation in other classes, such as organic chemistry, in which the material is presented and learned almost exclusively in the classroom. From what you know about memory, why are students more likely to provide incorrect answers to exam questions in psychology than to those in organic chemistry?

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