Dr. Hsieh is grading her students' essays, and is able to read all of them despite the fact that each is submitted with different handwriting. Because she expects to see letters forming words and words forming sentences, her perception of the written works is guided by ________
a. bottom-up processing
b. bottom-down processing
c. top-down processing
d. cognitive processing
Answer: a. bottom-up processing
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An approach to psychology that features the study and careful measurement of observable behaviors is called ____
a. functionalism b. structuralism c. behaviorism d. humanism
In which of the following conditions is your metamemory accuracy likely to be the highest?
a. when material is difficult, rather than easy b. when the material is concerned with nonsense words, rather than English phrases c. when learning has been incidental, rather than intentional d. when you wait several minutes before judging whether you'll remember the material
Extinction of the problem behavior is a component of the DRO procedure
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Who created the first practically used intelligence scale in 1905?
A) Binet and Simon B) Terman and Gardner C) Terman and Binet D) Gardner and Sternberg