When a child initially records information in a form usable to memory it is called __________.
A. rehearsal
B. listening
C. visualization
D. encoding
Answer: D
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a. eliminate possibilities from consideration and promote possibilities to the top of the list. b. help one to become aware of the base rate for the occurrence of a particular event. c. help one to think more clearly and firmly about important decisions. d. do all of these.
In an experiment, people rated how funny they thought cartoons were while holding a pen crosswise in their mouths. Those who held the pen in their teeth thought the cartoons were funnier than did people who held the pen in their lips. These results are best explained by the
a. experimenter effect due to a self-fulfilling prophecy that was created by the cartoon. b. placebo effect. c. attribution theory. d. pen between the teeth causing the subjects to smile and the pen between the lips causing them to frown.
According to psychological scientists, "dissociative amnesia" ________
a. is the mechanism that causes traumatized children to repress their ordeal and develop several identities. b. lacks historical and empirical support. c. can be uncovered by continuous interviewing d. occurs when a person keeps recalling traumatic experiences.
When we assign causes to explain the behavior of others or ourselves we are making __________
a) attributions. b) observations. c) inferences. d) assumptions.