Cathy was asked out on a date by an acquaintance, but she was nervous so she turned him down. When she got home that night she felt depressed and lonely. She turned on the TV and made herself a large bowl of ice cream. She blames her overeating on watching TV. This is a classic example of:
a. not recording behavior
b. not looking early enough in the chain of events
c. rating emotions
d. avoiding antecedents
B.
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The empirical finding that outlining material from textbooks can enhance retention of the material is MOST consistent with which of the following approaches for improving memory?
a. massed practice b. distributed practice c. organization d. deep processing
The results of Rovee-Collier's "baby and the crib mobile" experiment demonstrated that infants
a. achieve gender-role understanding at an early age. b. rapidly develop emergent literacy. c. rely on stereoscopic depth cues for judging distance. d. have memories that endure longer than habituation research suggests.
You attend a lecture in which a politician lists the 20 points of her platform in a relatively short period of time. After leaving the lecture, you are least likely to recall the points from the ____
a. ?end of the list b. ?ones with which you have had personal experience c. ?beginning of the list d. ?middle of the list
To help a child who watches violent programs act less aggressively one should inform the child that
a. the violent behavior he or she sees in the media does not represent the behavior of most people. b. the aggressive behaviors he or she watches are not real. c. that there can be life changing consequences to violent behavior. d. all of these.