Which type of memory capacity tends to increase with age?
A. short-term memory
B. sequential memory
C. sensory storage
D. long-term memory
Answer: A
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At one time, psychologists were primarily involved in evaluating criminal defendants for competency to stand trial. Now psychologists ____
a. primarily do evaluations for competency cases that involve the new "guilty, but mentally ill" defense b. are forbidden from doing such evaluations c. have expanded roles including giving expert opinions on organic brain functioning, traumatic injury, suicide, and deprogramming activities d. evaluate civil defendants for competency to stand trial
"Ah ha!" is to ____ as reinforcement is to ____.
A. insight learning; operant conditioning B. imprinting; classical conditioning C. preparedness; cognitive theory D. spontaneous recovery; insight learning
You are having difficulty sleeping and your physician suggests a trial of sleep medication. When you express some reservations, your physician notes that the drug Ambien has several advantages over other drugs, including which of the following?
a) The drug doubles the amount of REM sleep. b) The drug usually leaves the body quickly. c) Serotonin levels will be increased without any effects on other neurotransmitters. d) When mixed with milk, the drug can induce sleep that lasts for as long as 10 hours.
A therapist can induce a patient to forget events that occurred during or before the hypnotic session in an effect called
a. hypnotic amnesia. b. autohypnosis. c. posthypnotic amnesia. d. hypnotic meditation. e. posthypnotic aphasia.