Identify three effects of schemas
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Schemas make it easier to code new information in memory.
(2) Schemas provide additional information, or default information, to help you better understand the information you are getting from the environment.
(3) Schemas direct your attention by suggesting where to look for information and what to attend to.
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A) Someone high on agreeableness B) Someone high on conscientiousness C) Someone high on impulsivity D) Someone low on extroversion E) Someone low on openness
Which of the following has NOT been investigated regarding peers and antisocial behavior?
a) Competitiveness with peers b) Acceptance by peers c) Rejection by peers d) Affiliation with deviant peers
________ borrow from well-understood models by suggesting that the system to be explained behaves in a fashion similar to that described by a well-understood model.
A. Descriptive theories B. Analogical theories C. Fundamental theories D. Functional theories
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a. alcohol inhibits aggression b. attention allocation is diminished by alcohol c. external cues inhibit aggression d. alcohol facilitates aggression at the neurological level