When Asked to Recall the Date of John Kennedy's Assassination

question 106

Multiple Choice

When asked to recall the date of John Kennedy's assassination, Peter draws a blank; however, when asked whether it was October 24, 1962, November 22, 1963, or February 1, 1965, he correctly answers with the second of the choices.This example most clearly demonstrates the value of ________.

• A)state-dependent memory
• B)retrieval cues
• C)cross links in deep structure
• D)mnemonic devices

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Measures of Variability

Statistical metrics that describe the spread or dispersion within a data set, including range, variance, and standard deviation.

Coefficient of Variation

A normalized measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, often used to compare the degree of variation from one data series to another.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of numbers, indicating how much variation there is from the average.