James and McDougall were proponents of which of the following theories of motivation?

a. drive theory
b. incentive theory
c. instinct theory
d. cognitive theory


c

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Which of the following is a criticism of formal operational reasoning as a stage of cognitive development?

a. It does not describe the sensory-based reasoning of which adolescents are capable. b. It does not deal with the ability of adolescents to raise hypotheses about an unknown future. c. It is not broad enough to encompass the many dimensions along which cognitive functioning changes in adolescence. d. It includes too many dimensions such as the biological basis and social context of reasoning.

Psychology

A person with brain damage in Wernicke's area is unable to recognize the faces of other people and may even mistake objects such as parking meters for human beings.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Since we normally cannot have access to the full population of interest, researchers are faced with taking a representative sample of the population. Which of the following is NOT true of a representative sample?

a. One can only generalize from the sample to the population it adequately represents. b. The representative sample has to closely match the overall characteristics of the population of interest. c. A representative sample must include members of different racial groups, even when the target population is of one race. d. A representative sample is a way by which one can generalize to the population of interest without having access to the full population.

Psychology

As you read and think about this test question, it is stored in

a. long-term memory. c. sensory memory. b. working memory. d. the information processor.

Psychology