Doumitra is telling Carrie about a movie she saw last month. She knows that Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal both star in the movie and that it involves a scary bunny rabbit, but she cannot come up with the title of the movie. According to the textbook, such difficulty in retrieving information is known as ____.?

a. ?spreading activation
b. ?proactive inhibition
c. ?the primacy effect
d. ?incomplete knowledge


d.
?incomplete knowledge

Psychology

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A. directive (moderate warmth, high control) subgroup of authoritative parents B. classic authoritative (high warmth, high control) subgroup of authoritative parents C. authoritarian parenting style D. democratic (high warmth, moderate control) subgroup of authoritative parents

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While dreaming, your partner acts out his dream and physically attacks you. Your partner is suffering from

a. hypersomnia. b. REM behavior disorder. c. narcolepsy. d. sleep apnea.

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Infant intelligence tests are somewhat better at making long-term predictions for __________ babies

A) extremely high-scoring B) average- to high-scoring C) low- to average-scoring D) extremely low-scoring

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The early search for candidate genes for schizophrenia was largely unsuccessful. Why is this likely the case?

A. Candidate-gene studies can only examine a few genes at a time, and schizophrenia is a complex behavior. B. Schizophrenia has a low genetic component. C. Schizophrenia has such a broad phenotypic range that isolating genes for it is difficult. D. Technology was too limited.

Psychology