Suppose that you are having trouble recalling the information for a question about Baddeley's theory because the information about Atkinson and Shiffrin's theory (which you learned earlier) keeps interfering. This phenomenon is called

a. proactive interference.
b. the recency effect.
c. the primacy effect.
d. chunking.

Ans: a

Psychology

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a. instrumental aggression b. modeling c. frustration d. assertiveness

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Using a specified content area as the basis for comparison illustrates

a) norm-referenced testing b) predictive-referenced testing c) criterion-referenced testing d) concurrent-referenced testing

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