The __________ approach views the mind as a symbol-manipulating system through which information flows
A) social learning
B) information-processing
C) cognitive-developmental
D) ethological
B
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During the first quarter of his freshman year in high school, Dinky received a very low score on a vocabulary test. Three months later Dinky took test again, and he scored much higher on the test. Dinky's improvement can be explained by:
A) maturation B) regression toward the mean C) testing effects D) all of the above (all are good explanations)
The psychological term for someone who is mentally disturbed to the point of not being in contact with reality and not being legally responsible for his or her actions is ______
a. insanity c. neurotic b. psychotic d. psychopathic
Information processing theories use computers as an analogy for the human brain. For example, a change in a child’s information processing “hardware” might be __________, whereas an example of a change in his or her “software” might be ____________
a. increases in working memory capacity; maturation of white matter tracks b. increases in executive control; increases in working memory capacity c. increases in use of strategies; use of more sophisticated schemes d. increases in working memory capacity; increases in use of strategies
Which diagnosis includes a breakdown in sense of self, a significant alteration in memory or identity, and even a separation of one part of the identity from another part?
Dissociative disorder Mood disorder Personality disorder Histrionic personality disorder