How do retrieval cues help you to remember?
a. They provide inferences.
b. They help chunk information.
c. They direct you to relevant information stored in long term memory.
d. They provide numbers for ideas.
e. They don't – this is a placebo effect that leaves you feeling as if memory was aided when it really was not.
Answer: c. They direct you to relevant information stored in long term memory.
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b. decrease undesired behaviors. c. both increase desired behaviors and decrease undesired behaviors. d. neither increase desired behaviors nor decrease undesired behaviors.
Regarding mental age, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Mental age is also known as ratio intelligence quotients. b. Mental age tells nothing about whether overall intelligence is high or low. c. Mental age is a better measure of intelligence than deviation IQ. d. A person's mental age will be lower than his or her chronological age if the person has superior intelligence.
The main criticism of the Rorschach psychodiagnostic technique has centered on which one of the following issues?
a. Concerns over possible gender bias in the test b. Concerns over the reliability and validity of the interpretation of the scores c. Concerns over the high cost of the administration of the test d. Concerns over the large number of scoring systems available for the test
Which of the following is not identified as a type of hostage situation?
A. The hostage taker is a terrorist with political motivations. B. The hostage taker wants money. C. The hostage taker has a mental disorder. D. The hostage taker, caught in the act of a crime, uses the hostages to bargain for freedom.