________ involves action planning, allocating attention to goals, error detection and compensation, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances.

A. Executive attention
B. Social referencing
C. Scaffolding
D. The social constructivist approach


Answer: A

Psychology

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Identify a true statement about functionalism

A) Functionalists focus solely on learning observable behavior. B) Wilhelm Wundt was the founder of functionalism. C) Functionalism stresses that the stream of consciousness is not continuous. D) Functionalists focus on behavior as well as the mind or consciousness.

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a. is found mostly in people who are successful in life. b. results from our feeling that we are inferior to others. c. directs the course of social interest. d. is the primary means people use to gratify their sexual interests. e. arises from unhealthy Oedipus complex resolution.

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The way a question is stated before problem-solving begins can affect decision making and is known as

a. the representativeness heuristic. b. framing. c. incubation. d. defining the base rate.

Psychology