Metamemory research has shown that an individual's "feelings-of-knowing"
a. are not related to familiarity with the retrieval cue.
b. can be fairly accurate.
c. are no more accurate than would be expected by chance.
d. are an example of intuition and a relatively unreliable sensation.
Answer: b. can be fairly accurate.
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c. Women are more likely than men are to reach orgasm by fantasy alone. d. Women's main motivation for sex is to please their partners.
Recovered memories of childhood abuse are generally thought to be
a. quite valid. b. valid if remembered in adulthood, but not during later childhood. c. valid if remembered in later childhood, but not during adulthood. d. possibly accurate, but require corroborating evidence to be trusted.
Dillon is very stressed over college applications. He thinks that if he doesn't get into the Michigan State his life is over. When his parents try to talk to him about other options in the event that he doesn't get accepted, he yells at them and tells them that they just don't understand. What aspect of adolescent thinking is Dillon experiencing?
A. the imaginary audience B. the personal fable C. metacognition D. hypothetical-deductive reasoning
Recent writers described in our text have explained or interpreted mourning by arguing for
a. "letting go of" or "forgetting" the deceased b. specific time periods in mourning c. recovery or completion of mourning d. all of the above e. none of the above