Suppose we ask people to perform the following cognitive tasks. Which is LEAST likely to strongly activate the visual cortex?
a. Imagine the meaning of the word "ethics."
b. Imagine your car first from far away and then how it looks as you walk closer to it.
c. Imagine a typical unsharpened pencil. Approximate its length in inches.
d. Imagine a tic-tac-toe game proceeding from start to finish.
a
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a. Carol Rogers b. Walter Mischel c. B. F. Skinner d. Albert Bandura
A stereotype exists in many cultures that men are better than women at math. Ramie is about to take a diagnostic achievement test in math. According to research on stereotype threat, under which condition is Ramie most likely to perform poorly on the test?
a. Ramie does not believe that the test is an accurate measure of math ability. b. Ramie is asked to indicate her sex at the beginning of the test. c. Ramie does not include math as an important part of her identity. d. Ramie is unaware of the cultural stereotype concerning sex and math
An advantage of maintaining a constant body temperature is that it ____.
A. enables an animal to stay equally active at all environmental temperatures B. enables an animal to survive on a wider variety of diets C. minimizes the energy that must be expended on basal metabolism D. enables an animal to detect changes in the temperature of the environment
As Elijah bent over to get a closer look at a large red flower, a bee popped out of it and stung him in the nose. Which of the following will likely occur?
A. A haptic memory will enter short-term memory, where it will be semantically encoded and forwarded to long-term memory. B. A visuospatial memory will enter long-term memory, where it will be implicitly encoded for access by short-term memory. C. A short-term haptic memory will be encoded as a declarative long-term memory before final storage in sensory memory. D. A visual sensory memory will enter short-term memory, which will add haptic coding before transfer to long-term memory.