Which of the following would be a declarative, or fact, memory?
a. knowing your multiplication tables
b. remembering the events that took place on your last vacation
c. remembering your mother's maiden name
d. all of these
ANSWER: d
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Researchers present a series of stimuli, but prevent you from being conscious of certain ones of those stimuli. What happens when you are conscious of a stimulus?
a. The pineal gland becomes active. b. The corpus callosum prevents the left and right hemispheres from synchronizing. c. Brain activity becomes confined to one central area. d. Activity spreads more widely in the brain.
What is unusual about learned avoidance behaviors?
a. They are easily forgotten b. They are highly resistant to extinction. c. They fail to generalize to similar stimuli. d. Only humans can learn them.
Four-year-old Shaunda took part in a research study that investigated the effects of fruit juice consumption on obesity in children. When the study was published in a research journal, Shaunda's name was used in the article. Which guideline of ethical research involving children was violated?
a. Parental participation was not obtained. b. Identities of children are to remain confidential. c. Children and parents must be informed of the purposes of the research. d. The researchers did not get proper approval for conducting the study.
The initial cone-shaped segment of an axon at the junction with the cell body is known as the axon a. spine
b. spike. c. hillock. d. terminal.