What is distinctive of long-term memory, compared to short-term memory?
a. It is limited to skill information that we cannot easily express in words.
b. It has greater capacity to store information
c. It stores information in terms of sounds instead of meanings.
d. Whenever it adds a new item it has to discard an older item.
b
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a. ?an external locus of control b. ?reciprocal determinism c. ?high self-efficacy d. ?an internal locus of control
In the United States, most teenage girls die in motor vehicle accidents or by natural causes
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sally stepped on a nail while she was demolishing an old shed. Imagine that we are able to trace all of the nervous system activity that occurs when she stepped on the nail. What would this image of the nervous system reveal?
a) The pain message reaches the brain and the spinal cord at the same time. b) The pain message results in a spinal reflex and it is also sent to the brain for further processing. c) The pain message is sent to the brain where it is processed by higher brain centers that eventually send a message to pull her foot back. d) The pain message speeds its way to the spinal cord where it is processed before it is sent to the cerebellum for additional processing.
Which of the following was of particular interest to Calkins??
a. ?self-psychology b. ?psychophysics c. ?metaphysics d. ?color vision