The information-processing perspective focuses on
A) reinforcements that people experience in their everyday environments.
B) quantitative changes in how information is processed as people grow older.
C) qualitative stages in how thinking changes as people grow older.
D) processing of unconscious influences.
B
You might also like to view...
Your friend is thinking of purchasing a self-help weight-loss CD that promises its effects through subliminal persuasive messages embedded in the music. What should you tell her research shows about the effectiveness of such programs?
a. Such programs are very effective. b. Such programs are somewhat effective, depending on the person. c. No solid evidence exists to support such programs. d. Subliminal messages work more effectively through visual (DVD) media than audio (CD) media.
Which lobe processes information related to touch and body movement?
a. occipital b. temporal c. parietal d. frontal e. reticulartal
In Piaget's sequence of sensorimotor development, infants first develop ________.
A. mental representations B. tertiary circular reactions C. reflexive schemes D. primary circular reactions
According to the ________, breakups should occur more when one's desires are violated than when they are fulfilled.
A. attraction similarity theory B. complementary needs hypothesis C. assortative mating hypothesis D. violation of desire theory