A psychologist flashes a sequence of five letters (such as STWLG) on a screen in front of you and then asks you immediately to count backward from 1000 by 7s. After a few seconds, she asks you to recall the five letters
This psychologist is most likely studying the ______.
a. role of decay in STM loss
b effect of proactive interference on STM
c. use of semantic codes in LTM
d. relative effectiveness of rote and elaborative rehearsal
B
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A likely biological cause of male homosexuality is
a. a low level of testosterone. b. an excessively high level of testosterone. c. a changing pattern of the secretion of estrogen during the prenatal period. d. the pattern of exposure of the developing brain to sex hormones. e. a low level of adrenaline.
A child who judges whether an act is good in terms of the physical consequences of reward and punishment is reasoning at which of Kohlberg's levels?
a. preconventional level c. postconventional level b. conventional level d. empathic level