am, jamica so easily rememers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recal the spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that after noon, her difficulty best illustrates
while taking the final exam in American history, Marie was surprosed and frustrated by her momentary inability to remember the name of the first president of the US. her difficulty most clearly illustrates
which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating?
when we use the word automobile to refer to a category of transport vehicles, we are using this word as a(n)
simple thinking straegies that allow us to solve problems and make judgments efficiently are called
after spending two hours trying to solve an enineering problem, Amira finally gave up as she starts tyring to fall asleep that nght, a solution to the problem popped into her head. Amira's experiece best illustrates.
Marlene forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so whe spent a very uncomfortalbe and restless night. unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filled jacket as a pillow. Marlene's oversight best illustrates.
the availibility heuristic
by encouraging people to imagine their homes being destroyed by winds from a hurricane, insurance sales people are especially successful at selling large homeowners' policies. they are most clearly exploiting the influece of
the value of making a good first impression when u begin work for a new employer is best underscored by the research on
On Monday the meterologist forecast a twenty percent chance of rain, so Sheryl too her umbrella to work. on friday he reported an eighty percent chance that it would not rain, so sheryl left her umbrella at home. Sheyl's behavior illustrates the effect of
the systme of rules in a language that enable us to understand and commuicate with others is called
Prompt feedback regarding your performance on psychology practice testes is most likely to inhibit
psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.
the ability to delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long-range rewards is most clearly a characterisic of
the distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern this pattern is called a
be mainstreamed into regular school classrooms
over the past fifty or so years, children with mental retardation have increasingly been likely to
test performance is influenced by cultural expericences
everyone would agree that intelligence tests are "biased" in the sense taht
more neural plasticity and faster brain-wave responses to simple stimui than do those with lower scores
people who score high on intelligence tests exhibit
Mary's bathreoom scale always overstates peopls actual weight by exactly six pounds. The scale is ____ reliablity and __ validity.
an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).
historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth
the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations
neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs
bundled axons that form neural "cables" connecting the central nerv