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maegan_martin

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A measure of how many items a person can hold in immediate memory while also doing some processing, or thinking, about those items is called
 
  a. long-term memory. c. mnemonics.
  b. working memory span. d. short-term memory.

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Which of the following is not true of speed of processing?
 
  a. It is related to performance on many cognitive tasks.
  b. It is hypothesized to be a measure of mental capacity.
  c. Its development is not necessarily age related.
  d. It is directly related to underlying differences in brain development.


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kardosa007

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


maegan_martin

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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