While trying to think about a tough problem, a child covers her ears while walking past a TV set. She covers her ears to help with
a. ignoring distractions.
b. delaying the onset of infantile amnesia.
c. expanding the size of chunks in short-term memory.
d. clarifying fuzzy gists.
A
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a. parental effects b. child effects c. transactional d. reciprocal influence
A neuron evokes the action potential of another neuron by releasing the __________ into the synapse before they fit into the __________ of the other neuron.
A. neural receptors; neurotransmitters B. neurotransmitters; receptors C. dendrites; axon D. axons; dendrites
At various times, individuals have been arrested for stalking celebrities who they believed were in love with them. This condition is called a(n) ________ delusion.
A. jealous B. erotomanic C. somatic D. persecutory
When a researcher chooses three constructs that are unrelated in theory and three types of tests such as objective, projective, and a peer rating to measure each of the constructs, she is conducting a
a. multi-trait multi-method design b. content validation study c. generalizability study d. factor analysis