The fact that a majority of elderly persons have excellent long-term memories for events that happened when they were young tends to cast doubt on which explanation of forgetting?
a. problems with sensory memory
b. consolidation
c. disuse
d. encoding failure
ANSWER: c
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Coach Brooks wanted to build the team’s collective cohesion, so he:
a. cut players who caused friction and conflict from the group. b. organized the group carefully to promote its overall stability. c. worked to build the group into an “us” and a “we.” d. bolstered the morale of the group. e. made certain all were united in the pursuit of the same goal.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Gordon Allport believed that personality traits were causes of specific behaviours. 2. Researchers who believe that personality traits reflect underlying motives tend to examine these traits using projective tests. 3. Different factor analysis techniques have yielded different views of personality structure. 4. Cattell proposed a 16-factor theory of personality. 5. Eysenck's research revealed five dimensions of personality.
Compared with nuclear-family households, extended-family arrangements __________
A) decrease family bonds B) place less emphasis on moral and religious values C) produce more adolescents with antisocial behavior D) place more emphasis on cooperation and on moral and religious values
What is the purpose of a pregroup screening, as used in time-effective group psychotherapy?
a. to see whether the potential group member responds appropriately to feedback b. to ensure that the therapist and potential group member have a good rapport c. to make sure that the potential group member has excellent social skills d. more than one of the above