In a geography course, Danny is required to learn the capital cities of every country of the world. At the end of the semester, the professor will randomly select twenty countries and give each student an oral quiz on the capital cities in front of the class.
Part A:
Explain how each of the following might help Danny succeed with his task. Definitions alone will not score
distributed practice
a mnemonic device
secondary reinforcer
big five trait of conscientiousness
Part B:
Explain how each of the following might hinder Danny's success with his task. Definitions alone will not score
retroactive interference
self-fulfilling prophecy
sympathetic nervous system

Answer&Explanation:

distributed practice

-If Danny spreads out his study into multiple periods this will yield a greater success for him.

mnemonic device

-Memory aid (acronym or chunking) will help him remember terms for greater success

secondary reinforcer

-Include a previously administered secondary reinforcers such as money, grades, praise as a way of helping him succeed.

Big Five Trait of Conscientiousness

enduring traits of conscientiousness (organization, responsibility) would result in improved

studying/performance

Retroactive Interference

-learning new capital cities may make it difficult to recall the previously learned capital cities, hindering his success with this task. So as he keeps learning new capital cities this may interfere with the ones he has already studied before.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

- If he expects that he will it do well chances are that he will not do well , as he will start to actual give up on studying these cities which will lead to his prophecy being fulfilled

Sympathetic Nervous system

-negative impact

-heart rate, blood pressure, sweating

Excessive arousal (anxiousness, alertness) produced by the sympathetic nervous system , if he becomes to anxious he is likely to forget everything that he studied.