Which statement about culture, schooling and memory strategies is accurate?
A) People in village cultures who lack formal schooling use and benefit from instruction in memory strategies.
B) In all cultures, effective use of memory strategies is required for day-to-day problem solving.
C) Societal modernization is broadly associated with performance on cognitive tasks typical in industrialized nations.
D) The development of memory strategies is merely a product of a more competent information-processing system.
Answer: C
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A. He reduced the maximum voltage on the "shock box" to 150 volts. B. He used animals instead of human beings as the "learners." C. He increased the amount of money that the participants were being paid. D. He removed the deception from the research and informed the participants ahead of time about the true nature of the study.
The ego is to ____, as the id is to ____.
A) pleasure; reality B) reality; pleasure C) angelic; devilish D) devilish; angelic
What is the circuit that responds to perceived stressors by initiating the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream?
a. ?hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis b. ?general adaptation system c. ?cortisol receptor network d. ?sympathetic adrenal–medullary system
Piaget theorized that analogical reasoning is a mental skill that is well developed
a. very early, possibly at birth. b. during the preoperational stage. c. during the concrete-operational stage. d. late, during adolescence.