Advertisements often attempt to influence our behavior through
A. priming.
B. autobiographical memory.
C. maintenance rehearsal.
D. elaborative rehearsal.
Answer: A
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a. a specific, narrow range of topics. c. coping strategies to deal with stress. b. the effects of personality. d. an interpersonal context.
The interactionist approach to language development differs from the behaviourist approach in that the interactionist approach:
A) believes that humans have an innate ability to acquire language. B) believes that environmental factors affect language development. C) does not believe in the existence of a language acquisition device. D) places a heavier emphasis on the role of social interactions in language development.
Which of the following is true of the last stage of circuit pruning?
A. Growth cones guide neurons to their final destination. B. The Robo1 gene influences the direction in which axons grow. C. The plasticity of neural connections begins to decrease. D. The plasticity of neural connections begins to increase.
Baron and Bell (1976) found that high temperatures do not necessarily lead to increased aggression. Generalizing this result to an urban setting, it might be concluded that long hot summers do not lead to aggression. This illustrates the general problem of
a. incorrect interpretations of the results of a laboratory experiment. b. variable representativeness. c. subject generalization. d. an inappropriate inference based on data from a flawed experiment.