When Thinking of a List of Digits in Terms of Racing

question 59

Multiple Choice

When thinking of a list of digits in terms of racing times,one person is found to report up to 79 digits.Evidence suggests that this person

• A)has a larger working memory than most other participants.
• B)is well practiced at memory retrieval.
• C)can remember this information due to a unique chunking strategy.
• D)does not show the primacy or recency effect.

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Definitions:

Foot-In-The-Door

A psychological technique where agreement to a small request increases the likelihood of agreement to a larger request later.

Compliance

the act of conforming to or following rules, standards, or demands placed upon an individual by authority, society, or internal standards.

Direct Order

An explicit command given by one person to another, requiring immediate compliance.

GEN-X

Generation X, referring to the cohort of people born approximately between the mid-1960s and early 1980s.