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What are the types of long-term memory devised by Tulving (1972)?

Tulving (1972) - proposed a distinction between episodic, semantic and procedural memory. Procedural Memory: Part of the long-term memory is responsible for how to do things i.e. memory of motor skills. It d...
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I've never analysed a piece of music before. How should I approach an analysis in the interview?

Firstly, don't be intimidated by this! It's very important in Oxbridge interviews to show that you can take things in your stride even if they're unfamiliar territory. Also, remember that most music applican...
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x + y = 15 and 4y + 3 = 9x

The best way to solve simultaneous equations is by substitution. The first step is to pick a variable to eliminate. In this case, I'm going to choose to eliminate y because the first equation has a y on it's...
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Given a + b = 20, find the maximum value of ba^2.

In the question we are given that a + b = 20 where a and b are positive integers. Remember this.First let y = a^2 b. This is a good starting point as we have an equality now which we can mess with.We want to...
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Given a differential equation (*), show that the solution curve is either a straight line or a parabola and find the equations of these curves.

This question is takes from the 2008 STEP I paper (Question 8). We are first given (dy/dx)^2 + x dy/dx + y = 0 where y is a function of x. Differentiating both sides of the equation with respect to x, gives:...
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