When You Tell an Acquaintance Your Telephone Number,you Do Not

question 27

Multiple Choice

When you tell an acquaintance your telephone number,you do not recite the digits one by one at a constant rate,as in "3,3,7,2,3,4,8,3,9,2." Rather,you might say,"3,3,7 ...2,3,4 ...83,92." This exemplifies _____,a strategy to enhance _____ memory.

• A)consolidation; sensory
• B)consolidation; short-term
• C)chunking; sensory
• D)chunking; short-term

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Definitions:

Units of Labor

Measurements used to quantify the work input by labor forces, often referring to hours worked or number of workers.

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that if one input in the production of a commodity is increased while all other inputs are held fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which additions of the input yield progressively smaller, or diminishing, increases in output.

Marginal Product Curve

A graphical representation that shows how the addition of one more unit of a resource to production affects the output of a product.

Total Product Curve

A graphical representation showing how the total quantity of output varies with changes in the quantity of a single input while other inputs are held constant.