Your instructor is lecturing in class when security knocks on the door. The instructor goes to the door, gets the note from security, and gives it to a student, who exits the classroom. The instructor looks at the class and asks, "Now where was I in the lecture notes?" This situation illustrates how short-term memory is affected by
a. dishabituation.
b. priming.
c. chunking.
d. displacement.
D
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a. at four, Jessica was probably not interested in remembering her past. b. her ability to encode sensory input was limited due to her language skills. c. a or b d. none of these
Which of the following is not true?
a. Mothers in the United States tend to underestimate the extent of sexual activity among their children. b. Children tend to overestimate the degree to which mothers disapprove of sexual activity. c. Other Western nations report levels of sexual activity similar to those found in the United States. d. A fairly substantial proportion of teenagers report that they wish they had delayed their early sexual involvement.
An internal state of tension created by biological needs is called a(n):
a) emotion. b) impulse. c) drive. d) instinct.
Non-coding DNA, or "junk" DNA, correlates with behavioral complexity.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)