Teaching a group of sixth-graders to be more understanding of handicapped people and to think about their situations by asking such questions as "How might a handicapped person drive a car?" is an example of ________
a. recategorization
b. controlled processing
c. cooperative empowerment
d. pole-shifting
Answer: b
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When people are shopping, crowding tends to ____
a. intensify whatever experience we are having at the time b. make the shopping experience more negative c. increase purchasing d. decrease purchasing
Henri suspects that the amygdala is involved in emotional memories. He asks participants to recall emotionally charged events while in a brain-scanning machine and makes the specific prediction that amygdala activation will be observed during the task. This testable prediction is termed a(n):
A) experiment. B) empirical method. C) hypothesis. D) theory.
You know your friend Ramon has just had a split-brain surgery to treat his uncontrollable epileptic seizures. When Ramon returns to school, it is likely that he will
A. have trouble verbalizing his feelings. B. no longer be a star athlete as his coordination will have been affected. C. almost be the same, but his grades will probably drop a bit. D. have only very subtle changes that show up in follow-up tests of cognitive functioning.
Which of the following statements is true of the elaborative strategy?
A. It is a more effective method than rote rehearsal to remember information. B. It operates on a limited level and is ineffective for younger children. C. It is useful for retaining stimuli in sensory memory. D. It focuses on arriving at a single solution to a problem.