At a library circulation desk, Daniela checks out materials while answering the telephone. This example shows ______.
A. divided attention
B. selective attention
C. elective attention
D. source monitoring
Answer: A
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a. a hypothesis. b. an operational definition. c. a theory. d. inferential statistics.
The example of Joshua Bell presented in the module illustrates:
A. that physical appearance influences our judgments of other people B. the influence of motivation on intelligence C. groupthink in an educational setting D. how changes in the brain influence social behavior
As a safety precaution, hotels no longer stamp room numbers on keys. Thus, the clerk tells you the room you will be occupying. In order to remember the room number as you walk to the elevator,
you repeat the following over and over: eleven, zero, five; eleven, zero, five. Why are you doing this? a) to keep the information in short-term memory b) to allow the clerk's voice to serve as a retrieval cue c) to allow the information to consolidate in sensory memory d) to connect the information with the visual image of the room number on the door
According to Elkind, adolescent egocentrism has two aspects: ____
a. ethnocentrism and formal operations b. concrete operations and egocentrism c. hypothetical-deductive reasoning and hypothesis testing d. personal fable and imaginary audience