Brown and DeLoache (1978) describe young children as "universal novices." What do they mean by this statement?
A) Young children more easily create autobiographical memories than older children.
B) Young children simply do not have as strong a knowledge base as older children.
C) Young children are better able to chunk information than older children.
D) Young children have more domain-specific knowledge than older children.
B
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a. oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital b. childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood c. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations, postformal operations d. preconventional, conventional, postconventional
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a. incestuous sex b. sadomasochism c. date rape d. violent voyeurism
Your mental representation or overall sense of 'you' is known as your _____________.
a. self-schema b. self-esteem c. self-concept d. social schema
A single visual pattern is presented under two conditions. Under one condition, the viewer is conscious of it, and under the other, the viewer is not. How does the activity differ in the brain, if at all?
A. Conscious activity is in the cortex. Unconscious activity is in subcortical areas. B. Activity is more intense and spreads more widely during conscious perception. C. Conscious activity is in the left hemisphere. Unconscious is in the right hemisphere. D. The brain activity is the same in both cases.