The idea that different mental abilities, such as reading and arithmetic, are independent functions carried out by different parts of the brain is termed ______.

a. faculty psychology
b. Gestalt psychology
c. functionalism
d. structuralism


a. faculty psychology

Psychology

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Why did Helmholtz abandon his research into human reaction times??

a. ?He found differences from one individual to the next. b. ?He found differences in the same individual. c. ?He never did any such research on human subjects. d. ?He did not abandon this research. e. ?He found differences from one individual to the next and he found differences in the same individual.

Psychology

If we say that some individuals are more intelligent than others, we are defining intelligence as a:

a. conditioned trait b. individual trait c. personal disposition d. common trait

Psychology

The hindsight bias is most like which of the following statements?

a. "Birds of a feather flock together." b. "I knew it all along." c. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." d. "White men can't jump."

Psychology

Skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of feeling are referred to as

a) emotional intelligence. b) practical intelligence. c) accurate intelligence. d) virtual intelligence.

Psychology