When people hear a sound, their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve, which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound. This process is called __________
a) encoding
b) storage
c) retrieval
d) evaluation
ANS: A, Encoding starts with sensory processing and sending the information to the brain.
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Allport is often considered to be one of the first psychologists to:
a. reflect on childhood trauma. b. emphasize the importance of human needs. c. bring humanistic values to the field. d. study the behavioral characteristics of animals.
Which of the following describes the direction of fantasy play from the beginning of toddlerhood to the end?
a. The play becomes less planned and more associational (one action sparks the rest). b. The play relies increasingly on real objects. c. The play is based largely on the imitation of real world characters. d. The play becomes more organized and play leaders emerge.
Maria and Juanita are identical twins. Therefore, they have ____
a. ?the same phenotype and the same genotype b. ?the same phenotype but not necessarily the same genotype c. ?the same genotype but not necessarily the same phenotype d. ?neither the same genotype nor the same phenotype
Edward Thorndike observed cats learning to escape from boxes to obtain a piece of fish and derived from these observations the "law of effect." This was an early statement of
A. classical conditioning. B. operant conditioning. C. shaping. D. stimulus generalization.