Son and Metcalfe (2000) Gave Participants Several Short Passages of Text

question 79

Multiple Choice

Son and Metcalfe (2000) gave participants several short passages of text to study and told them to master all of them.The topics varied-some were about the use of bacteria in making beer whereas others were about Shakespeare's difficulties getting his first plays produced.Son and Metcalfe found that when participants had limited time, they:

• A)concentrated on the easiest items to ensure that they would remember some materials.
• B)concentrated on the most difficult items because the JOLs were the highest for those items.
• C)concentrated their study on those items for which they had experienced TOTs for.
• D)concentrated on the passage about beer, as they were college students after all.

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Definitions:

Net Capital Outflows

The difference between a nation's outflow of capital to foreign countries and its incoming capital from abroad, showing how much a country's residents are investing in foreign assets compared to how much foreigners are investing in the domestic country.

Deficit Change

The amount by which a government, company, or individual's spending exceeds income over a particular period of time.

Exchange Rate

The price of one country's currency expressed in terms of another country's currency.

Net Exports

The difference between a country's total value of exports and its total value of imports. Positive net exports mean a country exports more than it imports, while negative net exports indicate the opposite.