Suppose that you study for your next examination in this course by reviewing each topic and asking how the information might be relevant to the career you want to pursue. Your study technique makes use of
a. the encoding-specificity principle.
b. the self-reference principle.
c. the Pollyanna Principle.
d. the shallow-rehearsal technique.
Ans: b
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. In the 19th century, some prominent scientists concluded that women were intellectually inferior because they had
a. not benefited from higher education. b. smaller brains. c. less teeth. d. fewer synaptic connections
Based on your reading of Chapter 3 (Social Cognition), who would you predict would be more frustrated: Katie, who missed an "A" by one point, or James, who missed an "A" by five points?
a. Katie, because it's easier for her to imagine getting one more test item right b. James, because it's harder for him to imagine an alternative outcome c. Katie, because she and James studied together d. James, because he and Katie studied together