The process by which unchanging information
from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called _________.
a) transformation
b) sensory adaptation
c) transmutation
d) transduction
ANS: b
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When one attempts to re-create a retrieval environment so that it is as similar to the initial encoding, or learning, environment as possible, one is making use of the principle of __________.
A. distributed practice B. context-dependent learning C. parsimony D. priming
A request made by an attorney that a potential juror be removed from the jury panel because he or she is clearly biased and will be unable to hear the case fairly is called a(n) ____
a. challenge for cause b. implicit challenge c. peremptory challenge d. challenge for bias
Critical thinkers prefer explanations that account for the most evidence while making the fewest assumptions
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Newman is currently overweight, but as a child he was quite thin. His current explicit attitude toward the overweight is likely to be more ___________ and his current implicit attitude toward the overweight is likely to be more ___________
a. behaviorally based; cognitively based b. cognitively based; behaviorally based c. negative; positive d. positive; negative