The amount of information a person knows about a particular area or topic is called their
A) scripts.
B) knowledge base.
C) strategies.
D) episodic memories.
B) knowledge base
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Boyd was just informed that he has cancer. He obviously knows his health is vital; therefore, he begins thinking through the treatment options that are available to him. He also considers how much time he will have to take off of work, how that may impact his finances, and whether or not he'll be able to afford his house. In addition, he begins thinking of who will be able to help care for him once the treatments begin. The latter thoughts that went through Boyd's mind represent
A) a secondary appraisal B) the significance appraisal C) a primary appraisal D) a tertiary appraisal E) the initial assessment
Information remains in sensory memory for
a. seconds or a fraction of a second. b. 15-30 seconds. c. 1-3 minutes. d. as long as it is rehearsed.
In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, salivation to the food was the
a. conditioned response. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned stimulus. d. unconditioned response.
Which of the following was the famous functionalist who said that attempting to grasp the nature of the mind through introspection was "like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion"?
a. William James b. Wilhelm Wundt c. Sigmund Freud d. E. B. Titchener