Dr. Gruber is running a memory experiment using fMRI. He asks a participant to remember a list of grocery items. Dr. Gruber notices that the occipital lobe of the participant's brain is particularly active during the encoding task. What type of encoding is the participant using?
A) semantic
B) organizational
C) visual imagery
D) elaborative
C) visual imagery
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One consequence of the memory sin of _____ is that it often _____ self-esteem.
A) transience; increases B) misattribution; decreases C) suggestibility; decreases D) bias; increases
In the context of the milestones in motor skills development in infants, which of the following is true of the first year?
A. Some infants do not follow the standard sequence of motor accomplishments. B. Breast feeding has no link to reaching the milestones earlier. C. A smaller size at birth is the aspect of pregnancy and delivery with the strongest link to reaching motor milestones earlier. D. In the first year of life, infants are motorically skilled and mobile.
What does synaptic pruning refer to?
A. the deterioration of myelin in the cerebral cortex B. the generation of new neurons as a child develops over time C. the "clipping" of axons that don't receive strong enough signals from other axons D. the elimination of neurons as a result of nonuse or lack of stimulation
The medulla, the pons, and the cerebellum are three main parts of the ________.
A. midbrain B. forebrain C. thalamus D. hindbrain