In the movie Castaway, the main character, alone on a deserted island for an extended period of time, develops a friendship with a volleyball he names Wilson. Creating Wilson allows him to fulfill his need
a. for social identity.
b. for optimal distinctiveness.
c. to boost self-esteem.
d. to belong.
Answer: D
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Memorization through repeating information over and over may result in poor retrieval because:
a. interference is more likely to occur as the number of repetitions increases b. repetition results in learned material rapidly decaying c. no associations are created by repeating the information d. memorization through repeating is usually associated with boredom and lack of motivation
Research on metacognitive development shows that school-age children know that
A) rehearsal is a more effective memory strategy than elaboration. B) use of private speech hinders task performance. C) memory strategies rarely work as suggested. D) people can extend their knowledge by making mental inferences.
Both infants and adults may hold misconceptions about the behaviour of physical objects in the world. This is known as ______________.
a. object impermanence b. naïve physics c. personal fables d. theory of mind
The theory of gender typing that emphasizes how children learn gender-related behaviors is known as
a. psychoanalytic theory. b. essentialism. c. evolutionary psychology. d. social learning theory.