Loftus's studies of eyewitness memory showed that ______________ can alter the memory for an event.
A. a person's schema
B. postevent information or suggestions
C. thematic activation
D. lack of confidence
Answer: B
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a. support Freud; well-fed babies are attached strongest. b. neither support nor contradict Freud. c. support Freud for girls and contradict him for boys. d. contradict Freud; attachment seems unrelated to feeding.
Lisa discontinued birth control to try and get pregnant. Now that she is no longer taking contraception, when is she likely to have the most sexual desire?
A. Around the time of ovulation B. Two weeks before ovulation C. During her menstrual period D. Immediately after her menstrual period
According to Paul Baltes, which of the following statements most likely supports the view that development is plastic?
A. Early adulthood is not the end point of development; rather, no age period dominates development. B. All development occurs within a context, or a setting that changes. C. The cognitive skills of older adults can be improved through training and acquisition of effective strategies. D. Development has biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions.
The challenge to cohabitation is the relationships between unmarried cohabiting couples tend to be ______.
A. less emotional than those of married couples B. more conflictual than those of single-parent households C. more likely to at the poverty level than single-parent households D. less stable than those of married couples