Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order. She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE. This tactic is called ______
a) cueing
b) shadowing
c) rote rehearsal
d) chunking
ANS: D, The tactic of combining bits of information into meaningful units is called chunking.
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Judy reads an assigned text while listening to music on headphones. This is an example of
A) divided attention. B) selective attention. C) limited attention. D) working memory.
Rashad misses a meeting with his professor and feels very guilty. He misses a meeting he had with a car salesman and doesn't give it a second thought. Why did Rashad feel differently about two equivalent actions?
A) He has been classically conditioned to not like salesmen. B) It was someone else's fault that he missed the meeting with the salesman. C) The salesman probably didn't care about the missed meeting. D) His appraisal of the action was different in the two situations.