Read the following sentence: Some societies believe in the practice of usufruct; consequently, perfidiousness is considered a serious crime. What do you know about the brain that would make remembering this information difficult?
a. You can't remember what you don't understand.
b. The brain prefers concepts that are simple.
c. Details about crime are hard to remember.
d. It would be hard to hold this information in working memory long enough to encode it.
Question 2
Which of the following is an example of repetition?
a. Zach studies the names of the famous World War II battles and generals every other night. He has flash cards and he reads the front and back of the cards aloud each time he studies.
b. Letitia also has flash cards. She writes the names of the generals on the front of the card and on the backs, she writes down everything she knows about each general. She has to use 5x7-sized flash cards because each general has so much detail.
c. Mallory has flash cards with the name of each of the generals she needs to know. On the back she has taped a picture of the general along with two or three important pieces of information. She has been reading the flash cards, front and back. Then, she has also had a friend quiz her out loud by showing her a picture and asking her the name of the general. She also writes out one or two important things about each battle when she studies.
d. Hank has called a couple of classmates together. Each one has studied one or two of the important battles and then explains his/her information to the others in the group.
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