Jamie has had her hippocampus removed and cannot form new memories. Since the surgery, she spends time taking tennis lessons, although she can never remember the lessons afterwards them. After a month of lessons, her tennis ability will ____.?

a. ?not change
b. ?decrease
c. ?increase
d. ?decrease unless she stops taking lessons

ANSWER:
c

Psychology

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Darius is studying for his chemistry exam, and there is a very complicated formula that he knows he will have to remember

In order to remember it, he reads it out loud from his textbook several times and then tries to repeat the formula without the book. This is a memory strategy called: a) mnemonizing. b) the method of loci. c) peg-wording. d) recitation.

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