Deciding which portions of a psychology lecture to pay attention to is part of the ________ component of working memory
a. phonological loop
b. navigational pilot
c. visuospatial sketchpad
d. central executive
Answer: d. central executive
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Amber lives in a housing development between two parallel streets that both connect to a freeway. She usually takes the street to the south when heading southbound on the freeway to work, but that street is closed for repairs for three months. Amber takes the street to the north during that time. After the street to the south is re-opened, she continues to take the street to the north, even though it is a slightly longer route. Continuing to take the street to the north represents
A. a single dissociation. B. a source problem. C. a mental set. D. convergent thinking.
Some data links "tomboy" behavior (rough and tumble play) in girls to:
a. prenatal exposure to testosterone b. prenatal exposure to estrogen c. early childhood (age 6) exposure to epinephrine d. early childhood (age 6) exposure to pituitary growth hormone
If you understand what the sounds of a language represent, you understand its
a. meaning. c. both a and b b. semanticity. d. none of these
The Premack principle says that reinforcement involves _______
a. a reduction in drive b. an increase in the potency of a behavior c. a relation between behaviors d. a satisfying state of affairs