In a study examining long-term memory, 2-month-old infants forgot the training within a week. How long did the 6-month-old infants remember the training?
a. 1 week
b. 2 weeks
c. 3 weeks
d. they never forgot it
C. The research indicated that six-month-old infants remembered the training for three weeks after the training was completed. This supports the fact that long-term memory improves considerably over the first year of life.
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a. face validity b. construct underrepresentation. c. aggregate validity. d. construct-irrelevant variance.
Opponents of prescription privileges for clinical psychologists cite all of the following EXCEPT _____ as support for their argument.
A. the need for further training during or after graduate school B. the possibility that the practice of psychotherapy would decline C. professional autonomy and identification for clinical psychologists D. questions about the type and length of required training
Hyperthymesia might be associated with differences in the
A. anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). B. hypothalamus. C. thalamus. D. amygdala.
Schizophrenia most often appears in
(a) childhood (b) late adolescence (c) middle age (d) old age (e) there is no time that is more common than any other