Active maintenance of information in short-term memory is referred to as:

A) working memory.
B) sensory storage.
C) active memory.
D) labor storage.


A) working memory.

Psychology

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a. SSRIs b. GABA agonists c. norepinephrine antagonists d. endorphin modulators

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Charles Spearman's development of a mathematical technique is called factor analysis

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

David is choosing between two computer programs to buy for his company. He makes lists of the pros and cons of each and buys the one that has the most pros and the fewest cons. Social psychologists would explain this as a use of a

a. cohort b. modeling theory c. positive/negative theory d. decision-making theory

Psychology

Sleepwalking episodes tend to __________.

A. occur during the first stages of sleep B. involve the enactment of a dream C. be more common in adults than in children D. involve behaviors performed without conscious awareness

Psychology