Sylvie just got a new phone with a new phone number. In trying to share her number with friends, she finds that all she can recall is her old number. This is an example of _________
a. storage failure
b. motivated forgetting
c. proactive interference
d. retroactive interference
Answer: C
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Armand is engaging in the process by which the brain organizes sensations into meaningful patterns. This process is known as
a. reception. b. adaptation. c. perception. d. cognition.
Females who were exposed to higher-than-normal levels of androgens while in the womb are more likely than other female children to ________
a. prefer playing with "boys' toys" such as fire engines. b. have an insecure attachment style. c. have a secure attachment style. d. prefer playing with "girls' toys" such as dolls.
Civil disobedience seeks to break the law.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
When looking through a microscope at an entire set of human male chromosomes, how would you be able to differentiate an autosome pair from a sex chromosome pair?
A. The sex chromosome pair would be about 10 times larger than the autosome pair. B. The circular-shaped cells would be the autosomes and the square shapes would be the sex chromosomes. C. There would be three cells in the autosome "pair" and two cells in the sex chromosome "pair." D. The shape of the sex chromosomes would differ, whereas each autosome pair would look identical.