You Are Conducting a Study on the Organization of Information

question 498

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a study on the organization of information in long-term memory. In the study, participants are told to say the first word that comes to their mind in response to the stimulus words day, woods, and time. Many participants respond "night," "trees," and "clock." In your write-up of the study, you note that the participants' responses seem to support:

• A) interference theory.
• B) the notion of the serial position effect.
• C) mood congruence.
• D) the semantic network model.

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Definitions:

Work Stress

The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.

Psychological

relates to the mind or mental processes, especially in connection to behaviors and emotions.

Mental

Mental pertains to the mind and its processes, including thinking, feeling, and perception.

Physical

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