Which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development is characterized by abstract and hypothetical thinking?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Preoperational
C. Formal operational
D. Concrete operational
Answer: C
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Joseph LeDoux postulated the existence of both a fast and a slow fear pathway. When a person sees a bear, for example, the thalamus routes this information to the _____, which makes a quick appraisal of the situation. Simultaneously, the thalamus routes this information to the visual cortex, and you ultimately are able to identify the bear as the information travels along the _____ visual stream.
A) hippocampus; ventral B) hippocampus; dorsal C) amygdala; ventral D) amygdala; dorsal
Tulving and Pearlstone conducted an experiment in which participants were asked to remember lists of words from a variety of categories. Later, half the participants were asked to recall the words without any cues; the remaining participants were asked to recall the words after being given the category names. Tulving and Pearlstone found that participants in:
a. the cued-recall condition recalled nearly twice as many words as participants in the free-recall condition b. the free-recall condition recalled nearly twice as many words as participants in the cued-recall condition c. both conditions recalled more than 75% of the words d. both conditions recalled less than 10% of the words
Every time Josie is in a group of people without her family, she has an intense feeling of apprehension. Josie is exhibiting
a. generalized anxiety. b. social anxiety. c. a manic episode. d. hysteria.
To properly study learning theory, one must
a. choose between the behavioral and cognitive approaches to learning. b. recognize that cognitive and behavioral are convenient labels and each shares common ideas with the other. c. realize that behaviorism is the only valid approach. d. accept the cognitive approach as a more well developed approach.