Children sometimes play a card game called "Concentration" in which all of the cards are arranged face down in rows and columns. When a child takes a turn, he or she flips over two cards. If the two cards match (e.g
, both are aces), then the player gets to keep them. If the cards do not match, the player places them back in their original position face down. Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. Whether or not a child finds a match on a given turn depends on a number of factors, including luck, strategy use, and ___.
a. working memory
b. sensory memory
c. long-term memory
d. metacognition
A
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b. They have difficulty weighing the pros and cons of a possible choice. c. Their corpus callosum is not yet mature. d. They often decide impulsively under peer pressure.
The rats involved in Skinner’s research boxes learned to press levers for food through the process of ____
a. ?shaping b. ?latent learning c. ?cognitive mapping d. ?chaining
Watson and Rayner's famous research in classical conditioning was designed to explain the development of ____
a. cognitive disorders b. neuroses c. phobias d. depression
When those who underwent a severe ordeal are now recalling and reliving the event and having associated physical symptoms, they are experiencing
a. unresolved mild stress. b. posttraumatic stress disorder. c. hardiness. d. learned helplessness. e. immunosuppression.