V1 neurons would be most strongly activated by viewing ____.
A. the letter T
B. a circle
C. repeating stripes on a flag
D. a single bar of light
Answer: C
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Kelly watched her mother get ready for work; Kelly’s mother put on makeup and fixed her hair. Then, Kelly's mother left the room and told Kelly to get ready for school. Kelly began to imitate her mother by smearing makeup on her face and fluffing her hair. This is an example of ____.?
a. ?vicarious conditioning b. ?observational learning c. ?operant conditioning d. ?mock learning
If initial efforts to deal with a stressor are inadequate and the stressor persists, adolescents move into the ________ stage, the second stage of response to stress
A) resistance B) reluctance C) alarm and mobilization D) exhaustion
Mental set is similar to the functional fixedness bias.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Raj is a cognitive psychologist who conducted a large, federally funded experiment to test an intervention designed to improve memory in adults with dementia. Results from his experiment were negative, however, and his intervention actually appeared to worsen dementia symptoms. Which of the following responses, most consistent with post-formal thinking, is likely to help his career progress despite this setback?
A. Insisting that his intervention is the 'right' way to combat dementia and it is likely that his assistants delivered the intervention incorrectly B. Abandoning his idea completely and starting over because the results were not conclusive so the intervention is definitely the 'wrong' approach C. Determining if some aspects of the intervention were successful and then considering creative ways to integrate these into a new intervention D. Deciding that it is best to just repeat prior experiments by other researchers in the field, rather than trying to generate new hypotheses on his own