Patrick wrote a shopping list and then left it at home on the kitchen counter. Now, at the
supermarket, the only items he can remember are the first two on the list. This is an
example of
a. chunking.
b. the recency effect.
c. encoding specificity.
d. consolidation hypothesis.
e. the primacy effect.
e. the primacy effect.
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Leonard Heston conducted an adoption study of the possible causes of schizophrenia. What was the major finding in his study?
a. There was no evidence of a genetic influence on schizophrenia. b. Adopted individuals had higher rates of schizophrenia regardless of the mental health status of their parents. c. An individual's childhood environment has a much greater impact on the incidence of schizophrenia than do genetic factors. d. Adopted children whose birth mothers were schizophrenic developed schizophrenia at a higher rate than did children born to normal mothers.
"I once worked at an Army base. It is important to soldier on. The Middle East- I like to travel, my favorite place is Arizona." this is an example of:
a. negative symptoms b. loose associations c. thought blocking d. clang associations