______________________states that information from the environment enters our awareness through our sensory registers, is held in short-term memory for processing in the working memory,
and continues to long-term memory where it is stored and retrieved by the working memory when needed.
a) Parallel distributed processing theory
b) Information processing theory
c) Von Restorff effect
d) Primacy effect theory
Answer: b
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A. emotions B. personality C. cognition D. ability to learn
What is meant by "brain plasticity?"
a. Brain parts are flexible and can complete a variety of tasks. b. Certain brain areas have very specific functions. c. The brain can sometimes compensate for injuries. d. The brain is very "stretchy" within one's skull.
An irrational fear of some object or specific situation is called __________
a) agoraphobia. b) a social phobia. c) a specific phobia. d) an interactive phobia.
Criticisms of Piaget's theory include all of the following EXCEPT
A. adolescent cognitive development is more stage-like than Piaget thought. B. evidence does not support Piaget's views of development of abstract thinking. C. some cognitive abilities have been found to emerge later than Piaget thought. D. some cognitive abilities have been found to emerge earlier than Piaget thought.