To Project Objectivity in a Report,you Should

question 60

Multiple Choice

To project objectivity in a report,you should

• A) ensure that your enthusiasm and strong positive emotion do not appear to cloud your judgment.
• B) use paraphrases instead of quotations to make sure ideas are in your own words.
• C) use bulleting and enumerated lists whenever you have a particularly dense chunk of information.
• D) use headings throughout the report to make the structure readily apparent.
• E) combine information from your various sources in novel and insightful ways.

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Definitions:

Short-term Memory

The ability to keep a limited quantity of data actively accessible in one's consciousness for a brief duration.

Miller

George A. Miller was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to the cognitive psychology field, notably proposing that the human mind can hold 7 ± 2 pieces of information in short-term memory.

Maintenance Rehearsal

A cognitive process of repeatedly reviewing information to be retained in short-term memory and possibly encoded into long-term memory.

Short-term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period.