Fitbits and Similar Tracking Tools Have Become Very Trendy

question 22

Multiple Choice

Fitbits and similar tracking tools have become very trendy. In a study of the effects of trackers on weight loss, the key finding was: ________.

• A) neither those with trackers nor a control group with no trackers lost weight
• B) those with trackers and a control group with no trackers lost equal weight
• C) those with trackers lost less weight than a control group with no trackers
• D) those with trackers lost more weight than a control group with no trackers

Understand the different types of amnesia and their psychological or trauma-related causes.

Comprehend the processes involved in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.

Recognize the effects of practice and repetition on memory recall.

Identify the influence of psychological factors, such as the self-reference and serial-position effects, on memory recall.

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, indicating where the middle of the data set lies.

Variability

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or dataset differ from each other and from the average.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a set of numbers, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.

Measure of Central Tendency

A statistical tool used to identify the center of a data set, commonly represented by the mean, median, or mode.