Which of These Activities Will Most Likely Result in an External

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of these activities will most likely result in an external benefit?

• A) A college student buys a deck of cards to play solitaire in her dorm room.
• B) An elderly woman plants a flower garden on the vacant lot next to her house.
• C) An executive purchases a book to read on a business trip.
• D) A ten-year-old uses his allowance to buy new Nike shoes.

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Definitions:

Mnemonics

Strategies to facilitate retention and later retrieval of information.

Long-term Memory

The aspect of our memory system that is responsible for the storage of information over long periods of time, potentially lasting from minutes to a lifetime.

Bahrick

Refers to Harry P. Bahrick, a psychologist known for his research on memory, including long-term memory and retention.

Retention

The ability to maintain or keep information in the mind over a period of time.