Tim is studying for a test. After seven consecutive hours of studying, he finds he can remember what he just finished studying, but he can no longer remember what he studied five or six hours ago. Tim's memory problems are BEST explained by ______
a. proactive interference c. retroactive interference
b. memory diffusion d. retrograde amnesia
C
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Psychologists at Würzburg, when studying what happened in between the presentation of a stimulus and the formation of introspectable mental content, found that research participants could not always explain why they had given the answers they had. The Würzburg psychologists called these ____
a. determining tendencies c. introspective failures b. cognitive sets d. imageless thoughts
If a child achieves a particular developmental milestone early, such as taking her first steps when she's only 4 months old, her parents should
A) understand that their child is very special and hire a coach to develop her physical skills. B) have a neuropsychologist test her for brain abnormalities. C) hire an experienced nanny to work one-on-one with her until she's back on a normal developmental track. D) not worry or get too excited because this is most likely just normal variation.
Alpha waves are characteristic of ________
A. distraction B. Reality orientation C. Relaxation D. Grounding
Your textbook has a box called "Face up to Wake up" that discusses which of the following?
a. how campaigns to get infants to sleep on their backs have led to a reduction in sudden infant death syndrome b. how campaigns to get infants to sleep on their backs have led them to sleep through the night at an earlier age c. how campaigns to get alcoholic parents to sober up have led to reduced rates of child abuse d. how campaigns to get alcoholic parents to sober up during pregnancy have led to reduced rates of autism spectrum disorder