Infants, like all people, are exposed to massive amounts of information; therefore, they must focus their attention and select information so as not to be overwhelmed. This process is called selective __________
a) encoding
b) automatization
c) storage
d) retrieval
Answer: a
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A cognitive therapist would try to reduce a client's compulsive hand-washing by
a. prescribing anti-depressant medications. b. changing the client's thoughts and beliefs about dirt and contamination. c. using systematic desensitization to directly change the client's behavior. d. helping the client to gain insight into the reasons why he or she uses compulsive hand-washing to control anxiety.
Infant day care is of high quality if caregivers emphasize, among other things
a regular nap and quiet time for all infants. a variety of caregivers every day. each infant having his or her own playpen. sensorimotor exploration.
According to Souryal, __________ has both a legal definition (the use of oppression or extralegal methods), and an ethical definition (the failure of officers to demonstrate compassion or keep a promise).
A. malfeasance B. corruption C. abuse D. nonfeasance
Which limitation is applicable to both correlation and regression?
A) The degree of predictability will be underestimated if the underlying relationship is linear. B) Nothing can be inferred about the direction of causality. C) Restrictions in range and unreliable measures are uncommon. D) The relative importance of different predictor variables cannot be assessed.