The definition of a psychological construct such as ‘love’ in such a way as to allow measurement of it is known as…
a. An operational definition.
b. Conceptualisation.
c. Hypothesising
d. Scale of measurement.
a. An operational definition.
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Which of the following provides some evidence that there is, in fact, a genetic component to handedness?
a. Between monozygotic twins, the likelihood that both children have the same dominant hand is no greater than between fraternal twins or non-twin siblings. b. As teachers have stopped encouraging children to use their right hands, the percentage of left-handed children has risen. c. Societies have favored right-handed people in their design of common objects, such as scissors, can-openers, and school desks. d. The part of the brain that controls handedness, the substantia nigra, develops more fully in right-handed children than in left-handed children.
Progressive relaxation is progressive in the way it
a. exposes the client to stimuli. b. advances previous techniques. c. moves through muscle groups. d. adheres to modern learning theory.
Regarding research on where different types of long-term memories are stored in the brain, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Declarative long-term memories appear to be stored in the basal ganglia and cerebellum. b. Long-term procedural memories appear to be stored in the cerebral cortex. c. Episodic memories are stored in the front of the cortex, while semantic memories are stored in the back areas of the cortex. d. The pons serves as a "switching station" for consolidation of memories.
Nadia performs better on her college tests if she visualizes the room where she will be tested while she is studying. Nadia's method of studying will prevent
a. memory decay of her sensory memory. b. cue-dependent forgetting. c. retroactive interference. d. proactive interference.