information-processing approach

What will be an ideal response?


An approach to cognition that emphasizes the fundamental mental processes involved in attention, perception, memory, and decision making.

Psychology

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Each year in the United States, approximately how many infants suffer from disorders that could have been detected at birth with appropriate screening?

A. 25,000 B. 2,00 C. 1,500 D. 1,000

Psychology

Why are collectivist cultures found in places where there tend to be many pathogens?

a. Cultures that are collectivist carry more disease. b. Cultures that are collectivist tolerate nonconformity more, thereby creating more pathogens in the environment. c. Cultures that develop in places with more pathogens put more pressure on people to conform in order to reduce the risk for disease. d. Cultures that develop in places with more pathogens do not have the proper social structures to combat pathogens.

Psychology

Children whose parents use physically aversive consequences in disciplining them are more likely to behave aggressively. Into which category of negative side effects does this fall?

a. Avoidance behaviors b. Emotional responses c. Identification effects d. Perpetuation effects

Psychology

Which of the following is a treatment method in which clinicians focus on changing both maladaptive thoughts and maladaptive behaviors?

A. Electroconvulsive therapy B. Neuromodulation C. Cognitive behavioral therapy D. Classical conditioning

Psychology