Organizing Individual Bits of Information into Higher-Order Units Can Increase

question 63

Multiple Choice

Organizing individual bits of information into higher-order units can increase the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory. This strategy is called

• A)the recency effect.
• B)encoding.
• C)the serial position effect.
• D)chunking.

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Definitions:

Induced Labor

A medical procedure used to stimulate uterine contractions before natural labor begins, for various health reasons concerning the mother or baby.

Braxton-Hicks Contraction

Irregular, often painless contractions that occur during pregnancy as the uterus prepares for childbirth; sometimes referred to as "false labor."

Oxytocin

A hormone and neurotransmitter that plays a role in social bonding, reproduction, childbirth, and the period after childbirth.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA, which carry genetic information.