You have gone for the first time to one of the campus computer labs to work on your psychology assignments. However, you forgot your first-day handout, which has the psychology website listed. You spot a person from your class, and he tells you the website. You walk back to your computer and type in the website. In the process of working through the assignment, you accidentally exit completely
out of the system. You cannot remember the psychology website. This illustrates how which of the following types of memory operates?
a. sensory memory
b. iconic memory
c. short-term memory
d. procedural memory
C
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A. Axis I B. Axis II C. Axis III D. Section II
One of the key functions associated with the frontal lobes is:
a. initiation of voluntary muscle movements b. processing of neural signals related to touch c. processing of auditory information d. processing of visual information
Researchers have determined that the active chemicals in marijuana, the cannabinoids, bind to specific receptors in the brain. Later research has shown that endogenous cannabinoids exist in the brain,
and that they play an ongoing role in food consumption. Besides their role in regulating appetite, endocannabinoids also a. play a role in reward systems in the brain. b. cause cravings for sour tastes. c. decrease pleasure when sweet foods are eaten. d. play a role in inhibition of depressed mood.
What can be done to reduce the effects of misinformation?
A. nothing can be done B. provide postevent warnings that misinformation was presented C. provide preevent warnings that misinformation may be presented D. repeat the new information several times