Cognitive psychologists believe that humans are capable of engaging in "parallel processing.". This means that humans can
a. carry out several mental activities at the same time.
b. think about complex issues, like religion.
c. pay selective attention to an event.
d. encode information into long-term memory.
a
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The discussion in Chapter 15 of the men's movement pointed out that
a. the mythopoetic approach seeks to help men focus on their male role models. b. men's studies is a discipline within psychology that emphasizes traditional gender-role socialization and the problem of reverse sexism. c. unlike the women's movement, the men's movement is much more unified. d. men's studies organizations started in the late 1950s.
Some birds must return to roost as darkness approaches. This is because their eyes contain
a. cones, but no rods. b. rods, but no cones. c. too many cones. d. too many rods. e. more rods than cones.
How do neo-Piagetians account for "centering?"
a. Young children cannot tell which parts of a problem are important to consider. b. Young children lack sufficient working-memory capacity to attend to multiple aspects of a problem. c. The cognitive structures of young children are unstable. d. Young children lack the ability to explain how they solve problems.
In a study by Bowers and colleagues (1990), participants were shown three words and were asked to generate a fourth word consistent with the series. Solvable series were termed:
A) coherent. B) insightful. C) rational. D) categorical.