You are about to go grocery shopping, and as you make your list, you follow a mental map of the store and where you will find things. You are using which part of working memory?
a. central executive
b. episodic buffer
c. phonological loop
d. visuospatial sketchpad
Ans: d
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a. mode b. median c. mean d. All of the above are equally useful in estimating characteristics of the population.
For days after visiting Disneyland, the words and tune for "It's a Small World" keep invading Jessica's thoughts. She cannot get them out of her head. Jessica's experience is similar to the ____
a. obsessions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder b. fear seen in generalized anxiety disorder c. compulsions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder d. avoidance seen in social phobias
Ekman conducted a number of studies of facial expressions and found that
A) expression varies from culture to culture. B) there are too many emotions to classify. C) seven primary emotions are almost universal. D) common expressions exist only for happiness.
Generalizing from results of the MIDUS study, you would expect which of the following people to report the highest level of environmental mastery?
a. Aaron, who is a younger, white adult b. Bob, who is a younger, black adult c. Rich, who is an older, white adult d. Terry, who is an older, black adult