Underlying all learning and storing of information for later retrieval are ______.

a. the biological structures that support those activities
b the cognitive processes of encoding and retrieval
c. the social context around learning
d. the behaviors that support memory


Ans: A

Psychology

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a. Altruism contradicts the law since the individual fails to survive. b. Those who engage in altruistic acts are not among the fittest. c. Altruism supports the law to the extent that those who remain possess genetic material that is an advantage to the species. d. Altruism supports the law, as self-sacrifice always results in a net advantage to a species.

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