The condition of having an improper amount and balance of nutrients is called

In research that is described in the textbook, participants tried to learn lists of letters under two conditions. In one condition, each pair of letters was separated by two digits that had to be read. In the other condition,

the first pair had four digits and the last pair had zero digits. The researchers found a. poorer memory for the early items on the list when those items had been made more separate. b. better memory for the items on the list with proportional spacing. c. that the recency effect arose because the last few items are not very distinctive. d. that making items distinctive made little difference in the performance of the participants.

Joey is participating in an experiment on memory. He is asked to read a sentence and then hold the last word in his memory while he reads the next sentence. The experimenter measures the maximum number of sentences Joey can read while doing this memory task. Joey is doing the task.

a. reading span b. digit span c. delayed response d. mental rotation