While studying for the exam that determines whether you will get into law school, you decide to take a practice exam that matches the format of the official exam. This is an example of ______.
A. transfer-appropriate processing
B. environmental context effects
C. mood-dependent effects
D. the primacy effect
Answer: A
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a. A feature detector b. A Purkinje cell c. A Gestalt d. A visual constancy
Danielle had a dream in which she was playing rummy with an elephant wearing suspenders. The next instant, the elephant had changed into one of her grade-school teachers and they were watching a purple sunset over a red ocean. According to the activation-synthesis model of dreaming, the sudden bizarre changes in settings that took place in Danielle's dream represent
a. an interpretation of random neuron activity in lower brain centers. b. the manifest content of the dream. c. the latent content of the dream. d. an attempt to work through problems she is currently experiencing in her life.
College roommates Michelle, Renee, and Kecia are curtain shopping for their new off-campus apartment. They find the perfect set of curtains, but disagree as to their actual color. Michelle states that they are jade; Renee is leaning toward teal; and Kecia insists that they are turquoise. What causes each roommate to have a different interpretation of the color of the curtains?
a. ?transduction b. ?perception c. ?sensory adaptation d. ?sensation
Noam Chomsky is noted for:
a. demonstrating that American Sign Language has a grammatical structure b. distinguishing between the surface and deep structures of sentences c. showing that phonemic structures differ from language to language d. proving syntax and semantics are of equal importance