Educational television programs have virtually no discernable impact on cognitive development in children
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A "false positive" finding is known as a(n) ______.
A. Type I error B. Eta squared C. variance D. Type II error
The therapeutic procedure in which a clientobserves another person performing the
appropriate behavior is called a. observational therapy. b. modeling. c. vicarious therapy. d. imitation therapy. e. mimicry therapy.
Before you give your speech as your class's valedictorian, you make a mental rehearsal of what you will do and say and how you will act. Cognitive psychologists call this an example of ______.
A. nonverbal intelligence B. intellectual interference C. social agility D. grounded cognition
Recall the words of Dr. Robert Marion, who was the first physician to correctly diagnose a nine-year-old girl with a rare disease: "Doctors are just like everyone else. We go to the movies, watch TV, read newspapers and novels
If we happen to see a patient who has symptoms of a rare disease that was featured on the previous night's ‘Movie of the Week,' we're more likely to consider that condition when making a diagnosis." In essence, Dr. Marion is describing the ________ heuristic. a. representativeness b. availability c. primacy d. counterfactual