You decide that instead of writing down your grocery list, you want to try out one of the mnemonic strategies you read about in your textbook. To that end, you try to associate each item on the list with a different room in your house. Which mnemonic strategy are you using??
a. ?acronym
b. ?pegging
c. ?method of loci
d. ?verbal
ANSWER:
c
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When disorganized-disoriented infants are reunited with their parent, they tend to
a. not remember prior experiences. b. act dazed or seek attention (but move away if attention appears to be on its way). c. always scream in terror. d. sleep to escape the situation.
Group polarization is the
a. enhancement of individual performance when working with others on a project. b. tendency for individuals to become less productive as group size increases. c. tendency for the group’s decisions to be more extreme than individuals’ decisions. d. arousal created when others are present.
As twins get older, their intelligence test scores become:
A. less similar. B. more similar. C. divergent. D. more heterogeneous. E. discrepant.
Which of the following statements concerning maternal and paternal influences is FALSE?
a. Mothers spend about twice as long each day on child care as compared to fathers. b. Fathers spend more time on interactive care, such as playing, reading, or other activities than on physical and emotional care, such as feeding, bathing, and soothing. c. Compared to fathers, mothers spend more time on travel, such as driving children to sports or music lessons and in communications, such as talking to teachers about their children. d. Compared to mothers, fathers spend more time providing passive care, such as supervising children while they play.