Ebbinghaus Found That Memorizing Familiar Words Required Much Less Effort

question 66

Multiple Choice

Ebbinghaus found that memorizing familiar words required much less effort than memorizing nonsense syllables.This best illustrates the advantage of

• A) the spacing effect.
• B) implicit memory.
• C) acronyms.
• D) semantic processing.

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Definitions:

Skeletal Muscles

Muscles that are attached to bones and in coordination with the nervous system enable the body to move.

Skinfold Thickness

A measure of subcutaneous fat used to estimate body fat content by pinching and measuring the thickness of skin folds at specific body sites.

Anthropometric Measurements

Physical measurements of an individual's body, such as height, weight, and body circumferences, used to assess nutritional status and health.

Body Mass Index (BMI)

A numerical computation comparing weight and height, used to classify individuals as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese.