What is the memory that enables one to hold information for a limited time in one's mind called?

a. short-term memory c. both a and b
b. working memory d. none of these


C

Psychology

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a. heterozygous; homozygous b. identical; fraternal c. homozygous; heterozygous d. fraternal; identical

Psychology

___ is a state in which people feel as though they are “submerged” in a group and cannot be singled out by others.

  a.  Groupthink   b.  Contagion   c.  Deindividuation   d.  Convergence   e.  Identity shift

Psychology

The cognitive approach focuses on how information is stored, learned, and remembered

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

A child is shown two identical balls of clay. Then an adult squashes one ball into a pancake shape. She then asks the child if one of the shapes contains more clay and the child answers, "Yes, the pancake does.". In Piagetian terms, the child has not yet reached:

a. sensorimotor stage c. object permanence b. concrete operations stage d. decentricity

Psychology