When Remembering the Last Items from a Long List,improved Memory

question 130

Multiple Choice

When remembering the last items from a long list,improved memory for those last items is thought to be because

• A) those items are still in short-term memory.
• B) those items are sensitive to the workings of the sensory register.
• C) those items were permanently embedded into long-term memory.
• D) both semantic and episodic encoding are occurring simultaneously.

Recognize the cultural predisposition towards interpreting social behaviors and norms.

Understand the concepts of dispositional and situational attributions and how they apply to behavior analysis.

Identify and explain the fundamental attribution error and its impact on perception of behavior.

Distinguish between attribution theory and other psychological concepts such as cognitive dissonance and attitudes.

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