Knowing That Some Mental Activities (Memorizing the State Capitals for a Test

question 38

Multiple Choice

Knowing that some mental activities (memorizing the state capitals for a test tomorrow) can interfere with more immediate mental activities (writing down the message you just received for your mother) is called

• A) chunking.
• B) convergent thinking.
• C) metamemory.
• D) phonetic method.

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Definitions:

Appalachian Mountains

A mountain range in eastern North America, extending from Canada to the southern United States, known for its rich biodiversity and history.

Fold and Thrust Belt

A series of mountainous folds and thrust faults that develop near convergent tectonic plate boundaries, where one plate is forced over another.

Foreland Basin

A foreland basin is a structural depression that forms adjacent to a mountain range due to flexural subsidence, filling with sediments eroded from the associated orogeny (mountain-building process).

Back-Arc Rifting

A geological process in which the crust behind a volcanic arc stretches and thins, often leading to the formation of a new ocean basin.