Whitney tells her friend Jan that she can wear the extra jacket that she keeps in her car. Whitney hands Jan her keys and heads off to class. Jan heads to Whitney's car with the set of eight keys. She looks at the keys, noting that two are too small to be car keys; and then she looks for any key that might have a symbol associated with a particular car. She finds two keys that have a shape on them like the hood ornament on Whitney's car. So, these will be the only two keys of the eight that she will try. To solve this "key" problem, Jan used
a. functional fixedness
b. an algorithm
c. a heuristic
d. a random search strategy
C
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a. Research studies consistently find a drop in females' self-esteem during adolescence. b. Consistent gender differences are found throughout the lifespan. c. Gender differences in self-esteem are inconsistent; the differences depend on age, ethnicity, and social class. d. Despite the media publicity over this issue, research studies find no gender differences in self-esteem.
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a. the bystander effect. b. diffusion of responsibility. c. pluralistic ignorance. d. audience inhibition.
Recount an experience that involves episodic, semantic, and procedural memories. Be sure to explain how your experience exemplifies all three types of memory
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements regarding Ivan Pavlov is accurate?
a) Pavlov was studying salivation in dogs as part of a research program on digestion. b) Pavlov was elated when his student first noticed that the dogs were salivating before tasting the food. c) Pavlov received no recognition for his research prior to his death. d) Pavlov stressed the importance of speculating about the dog's feelings toward the food.