You are being introduced to a stranger, and you want to remember his or her name. Which of the following statements regarding this situation is FALSE?
a. It is important to pay careful attention to the person's name, so that selective attention can move the name to short-term memory.
b. After hearing the name, repeat the name to yourself several times and then use the person's name in the next sentence or two that you say to this person.
c. If the name slips out of your short-term memory, you can recover it through redintegration.
d. If the name slips out of your short-term memory, it will be gone forever.
C
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a. memories that a person does not know exists and are retrieved unconsciously. b. memories that are reconstructed or expanded by starting with one memory and then following chains of associations to other related memories. c. a feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable. d. the failure to store sufficient information to form a useful memory.
Experiments on conformity suggest that conformity decreases under all but which of the following conditions?
a. when people give their responses in private rather than in public b. when the size of the group increases c. when the task is less ambiguous d. when there is another person who does not conform e. when people have higher self-esteem