Dominic is well-liked by many of his classmates. Dominic would best be described as

To help himself remember the name of his new colleague, Hope, Jose thinks about the meaning of her name—the feeling of hopefulness. Which of the following concepts best corresponds to Jose’s strategy?

A. Chunking B. long-term potentiation C. Semantic encoding D. Self-reference E. Imagery

John's poor performance in reading was found to be due to visual discrimination problems. This determination of the cause for his poor reading performance illustrates which goal of psychology?

a. description b. prediction c. understanding d. control