Proactive interference is __________
a. a cost in the ability to remember due to memories of prior events
b. A cost in the ability to remember due to memories of more recent events
c. trouble a person has in recalling items as they get further along in a list
d. trouble a person has in recalling items for items early on in a list
Correct: a
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A) midbrain. B) left hemisphere. C) right hemisphere. D) corpus callosum.
How did the General Problem Solver computer program change the way cognitive psychologists theorized about human problem solving?
What will be an ideal response?
To study the impact of biological aging on motor skills, researchers focus on __________
A) sedentary adults B) competitive athletes C) men in their mid- to late thirties D) women in their childbearing years
Walter Mischel has pointed out that personality psychologists are NOT very good at predicting:
A. the effect of personality test scores on an individual. B. how an individual will behave in particular situations. C. the effect of important situations on most individuals. D. how personality traits direct individuals to specific situations.