The process by which weaker or less active dendrites are eliminated is known as
a. dendrite cutting. c. neural extinction.
b. synaptic pruning. d. glial diffusion.
B
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a. valence; expectancy b. expectancy; instrumentality c. instrumentality; valence d. instrumentality; expectancy
__________ encoding is a process of encoding that involves paying specific attention to the information to be remembered
a. Attentive b. Conscious c. Intentional d. Directed
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A) scripts; autobiographical B) recognition memory; recall C) semantic memory; episodic D) gists; verbatim
Syntality is Cattell's term for dimensions that permit us to assess the personality of
a) individuals of ethnic background. b) infants and children. c) groups and institutions. d) lower species.