Memory is not like a tape recorder in the brain. Rather than retrieve information, it is more accurate to say we reconstruct it.*
a. True
b. False
a
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a. has Down syndrome. b. is autistic. c. has muscular dystrophy. d. is suffering from rubella.
Which group would most likely benefit from taking leptin?
a. anorexic patients b. normal obese people c. obese people with faulty leptin receptors d. obese people who fail to produce leptin
Amber lives in a housing development between two parallel streets that both connect to a freeway. She usually takes the street to the south when heading southbound on the freeway to work, but that street is closed for repairs for three months. Amber takes the street to the north during that time. After the street to the south is re-opened, she continues to take the street to the north, even though it is a slightly longer route. Continuing to take the street to the north represents
A. a single dissociation. B. a source problem. C. a mental set. D. convergent thinking.
The eardrum vibrates at ____.
A. a much higher frequency than the sound waves that hit it B. half the frequency of the sound waves that hit it C. the same frequency as the sound waves that hit it D. a constant frequency regardless of the frequency of the sound