You Give Your Friend a Series of Lists of Letters

question 66

Multiple Choice

You give your friend a series of lists of letters to remember. With each perfectly recalled list, you increase the list length by one or two items, until he begins to make errors. This sort of test examines

• A) working-memory span.
• B) the limits of concurrent articulation.
• C) brain activity.
• D) memory for abstract objects.

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Definitions:

National Debt

The total amount of money that a country’s government has borrowed by various means, including foreign governments and private investors.

King Louis XVI

The last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution, executed for treason against the state in 1793.

French Revolution

A period of radical social and political upheaval in France (1789-1799) that significantly affected European and world history, characterized by its attempts to fundamentally redefine the structure of society.