To Have the Best Chance of Retrieving Information During an Exam

question 45

Multiple Choice

To have the best chance of retrieving information during an exam, students should:

• A) study the examples their teachers used in class
• B) only study in a happy mood
• C) create their own examples related to material that was presented in class
• D) study in a room that is different from the room where they'll take their exam

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

A form of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.

Negative Punishment

The removal of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to decrease the frequency of that behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavior modification that involves increasing the likelihood of a behavior by removing or avoiding an aversive stimulus as a consequence of the behavior.

Positive Reinforcement

A process in which the introduction of a stimulus following a particular behavior increases the likelihood of the behavior's occurrence.