A mental image is ________
a. a mental representation that mirrors or resembles the thing it represents.
b. a mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties.
c. a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and expresses a single idea.
d. an integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world.
Answer: a
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Research by Kahneman and Tversky (1973) presented by the authors of your text found that people do not use base rate information sufficiently, and pay more attention to
a. how well the information they have about a person represents a certain category. b. the extent to which people seem to resemble someone familiar. c. actual statistical data about base rates. d. physical characteristics and categories.
The way in which an individual copes with dying
a.depends on doctors' attitudes
b. contrasts with usual coping patterns
c. depends on the length of the illness and prognosis
d. will likely reflect the ways one has coped with other losses
Which was not a finding of the Terman and Oden (1974) study of gifted kids?
a. They were socially well adjusted. b. They were more resistant to mental illness. c. They were clearly much more likely to be females. d. They were more likely to attend graduate school.
One difference in boys' and girls' brains during middle childhood is that
A) boys experience greater development in neural networks involved in spatial-visual discrimination. B) boys experience greater development in neural networks involved in both fine and gross motor movements. C) girls experience greater development in neural networks involved in gross motor movements. D) girls' brains are 10 percent larger.