Several experiments showed that short-term memory fades rapidly unless it is rehearsed. One possible explanation is decay. What is another likely explanation?
a. Chunking
b. Repression
c. Confabulation
d. Interference
d
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The tendency to overestimate the importance of dispositional factors and underestimate the importance of situational ones is known as:
A. stereotyping B. fundamental attribution error C. schema-driven processing D. prejudice
Davis was born deaf to deaf parents who signed to him at an early age. How would this be most likely to affect his acquisition of a theory of mind?
a. He would show slightly slower development than that of a sensory-normal child. b. He would show a similar development as that of a Down syndrome child. c. He would show a similar development as that of an autistic child. d. He would show similar development to that of a sensory-normal child.
Sue wants to quit smoking, but she cannot seem to kick the addiction. A psychologist who takes a __________ approach might tell Sue that she keeps smoking because her brain is chemically dependent on the drug.
A. psychodynamic B. humanistic C. biological D. behavioral
A psychoanalyst is a type of ____
a. ?behavioral psychologist b. ?biological psychologist c. ?psychotherapist d. ?client-centered therapist