According to Baddeley's model of short-term memory, the central executive will have trouble _____________ in people who have sustained damage to their frontal lobes.

A. screening out irrelevant information from the environment
B. remembering new experiences
C. processing and recalling language communicated to them
D. recalling information about previous injuries


A. screening out irrelevant information from the environment

Psychology

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Piaget argued that newborns enter the world with

a. no means of adaptation. b. senses and reflexes that can assist in adaptation. c. little interest in investigating the world around them. d. an intuitive knowledge of basic biology and physics.

Psychology

Which of the following statements is most characteristic of the early part of toddlerhood?

a. I can beat you. b. I will keep at it until I get it done. c. I feel great about doing it well. d. No, no, no!

Psychology

Applying rules to a word that is actually an exception to the rule constitutes a. fast-mapping

b. telegraphic speech. c. overregularization. d. cardinality.

Psychology

Using ______, behavior geneticists deliberately modify the genetic makeup of animals to examine the influence of heredity on attributes and behavior.

A. research on twins B. selective breeding studies C. family studies D. heritability estimates

Psychology