Dr. Hart is investigating how humans mentally process information, such as images, concepts, words, rules, and symbols. He would best be described as studying
a. operant conditioning.
b. learning.
c. cognition.
d. proxemics.
ANSWER: c
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Research suggests that stereotyping ____
a. allows people to save mental energy and enables them to process information more quickly b. allows people to save mental energy but does not enable them to process information more quickly c. does not allow people to save mental energy but does enable them to process information more quickly d. does not allow people to save mental energy or process information more quickly
Brain cells that are neither neurons nor glia, but which are capable of dividing and then differentiating into neurons or glia, are called ____
a. parallel fibers b. intrinsic cells c. stem cells d. glomeruli
When we search a scene, initial fixations are most likely to occur on __________ areas.
A. high-load B. low-load C. high-saliency D. low-saliency
According to the text, which middle-aged woman is the most likely to return to school?
A. Clarice works part-time as a freelance writer and has no children. B. Tiffany works full-time as an administrative assistant and has two young children. C. Shelby volunteers part-time at a local homeless shelter and has one teenage son. D. Mavis is a stay-at-home mom to a toddler and two young children.