When Trying to Remember Something, Individuals Often Focus Only on the Information

question 126

Multiple Choice

When trying to remember something, individuals often focus only on the information that is most relevant to their current goal, while not focusing on other information. This strategy is referred to as:

• A) selective attention.
• B) planning.
• C) analogical reasoning.
• D) rehearsal.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In operant conditioning, a process that increases the likelihood of a behavior by applying a positive stimulus or removing a negative one.

Insight

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something.

Cognitive Mapping

The mental process by which individuals acquire, code, store, recall, and decode information about their spatial environment.

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning through observing the actions and consequences of others' behavior, rather than through direct experience.