"Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah," Diane says to her younger sister Rhonda. "I have reached the formal-operational stage of thinking, so according to Piaget, I can now think ____ and you can't!" As ridiculous as this conversation is, if Diane is 13 and Rhonda is 9, what would the correct answer be?
a. logically
b. hypothetically
c. tangibly
d. postformally
b
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Which of the following students has the best understanding of the concept "release from proactive interference"?
a. Maura: "Students are likely to use simple repetition when learning new material; if you teach them a memory strategy, their memory improves." b. Ilya: "The phrase refers to the strategy people use to move a particular stimulus from working memory to long-term memory." c. Alessandro: "People are typically not conscious of their learning strategies; however, if they can focus their attention on their memory, they can avoid interference from other stimuli." d. Tara: "As you learn a series of stimuli from the same category, memory will become less accurate; if you switch to a new category, memory will improve."
At later stages of the neuron's development, neurotrophins ____
a. increase the branching of axons b. cause the neuron's death c. become converted into myelin d. connect the axon to axons of adjoining cells
While you are driving, you make an illegal lane change and see a flashing light behind you. You immediately think, "Ticket time" and prepare to pull over. But as the car behind you draws nearer, you see that is just a car with a vivid turn signal. Your behavior regarding the flashing light illustrates
a. dishabituation. b. a perceptual set. c. reality testing. d. precognition.
The sounds of a language are referred to as
a. semantics. c. phonology. b. pragmatics. d. syntax.