The textbook describes a famous research participant, S.F., who was able to memorize eighty-four digits, though his memory for letters was still about average. One lesson to be learned from this study is that
a. people like S.F. are unique, and the strategies used by S.F. are not applicable to the rest of us.
b. you, too, can structure information as S.F. did, but the structure must be similar to the one used by S.F.
c. information can only be structured only if it is linked to rules, meaning, or codes in long-term memory.
d. you, too, can structure information according to its personal meaning to you.
Answer: d. you, too, can structure information according to its personal meaning to you.
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a. about 1 pound b. about 1 ½ pounds c. about 3 pounds d. about 4 pounds
Jake suffered a head injury at the age of 2. In spite of his injury, Jake was able to recover most of the abilities that he had before the injury
Which of the following terms is most directly related to Jake's ability to regain these lost functions? a. the brain growth spurt b. neural pruning c. brain plasticity d. habituation training