For memory to be an efficient cognitive ability, there needs to be ______.
A. a balance between remembering and forgetting
B. slightly more remembering than forgetting
C. significantly more remembering than forgetting
D. remembering, but no forgetting
Answer: A
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a. The environment has a significant impact on people, while people also have a significant impact on the environment. b. Each of us generates an ecological footprint, as we consume the resources it takes to sustain life. c. For every year of human resource consumption it will take Earth 1.5 years to recover with people using two Earth's worth of resources every year by the year 2030. d. The specialty area in psychology that studies the relationship between environments and human behavior is called consumer psychology.
Which of these theories best explains the phenomenon of color constancy?
a. Trichromatic theory b. Retinex theory c. Opponent-process theory d. String theory
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a. self-handicapping b. overjustification c. the looking-glass self d. self as institution
The is located just behind the amygdala and can be described as playing an important role in the formation of memories
a. hypothalamus b. thalamus c. hippocampus d. cerebellum e. pons