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Orienting tasks are often used in memory studies because
 
  a. they help focus subjects on the experimental task.
  b. they help control the memory code formed by the subject.
  c. they improve the subjects' memory.
  d. they improve attention.

Question 2

An orienting task is
 
  a. a way of finding one's bearings in memorizing the solutions to mazes.
  b. a series of graduated practice trials that allow the subject to get the feel of a new memory task.
  c. a task that originated in Eastern cultures which clears the mind and increases memory performance.
  d. a task used to try to control the kind(s) of memory encoding processes the subject applies while encoding new information.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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