Mike,Therese,Tristan,and Elena Want to Improve Their FICO Credit Score

question 21

Multiple Choice

Mike,Therese,Tristan,and Elena want to improve their FICO credit score.Mike uses 10% of his credit limit,Therese uses 30% of her limit,Tristan uses 50% of his limit,and Elena uses 75% of her limit.Who is improving their score the most?

• A)Therese
• B)Elena
• C)Tristan
• D)Mike

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Definitions:

Brown-Peterson Task

A cognitive exercise used to assess short-term memory and attention span by having individuals try to remember trigrams or three-letter combinations after various distractions and intervals.

Short-Term Memory

The component of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing for a brief period of time.

Decay

A hypothesized process of forgetting in which material is thought to erode, break apart, or otherwise disintegrate or fade.

Echoic Memory

A type of sensory memory that retains audio information for a short period after the original sound has ceased.