Which of the following is TRUE about constructs?

a. They are rarely correct.
b. They are mostly the creation of biased thinkers who have an agenda to push onto others.
c. They are useful only to the extent that they predict behavior.
d. They exist in an objective way outside of the minds of those who created them.

C

Psychology

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Anna is training sales representatives on how to use a new promotional pamphlet. She finds that the representatives are not very motivated to learn. One strategy Anna can use to increase their motivation is to:

A) give trainees continued practice on using the pamphlet even after they have mastered its use. B) report the trainees' low motivation to their supervisors. C) require trainees to use massed practice. D) show trainees how effectively using the pamphlet will lead to increased sales.

Psychology

When one attempts to recreate a retrieval environment that is as similar as possible to the initial encoding, or learning, environment as possible, he or she is making use of the principle of

A) distributed practice. B) encoding specificity. C) parsimony. D) priming.

Psychology