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kodithompson

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Suppose that you have been studying your French vocabulary words for several hours, and you are making an increasing number of mistakes.
 
  Then you switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeably better. You are experiencing
   a. the serial-position effect
   b. thought suppression.
   c. release from proactive interference.
   d. the recency effect.

Question 2

Suppose you are accustomed to driving a car in which the switch for the windshield wipers is located to the left of the steering wheel. Then you borrow a friend's car.
 
  To use the wipers on this car, you must activate the switch to the right of the steering wheel, but you keep reaching toward the left. You are demonstrating
   a. proactive interference.
   b. the phonological loop.
   c. the effects of magical number seven.
   d. a real-life version of the Brown/Peterson & Peterson test of memory.


ErinKing

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a


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