How is the term "situated cognition approach" related to the concept of "knowledge"?
a. We use the situated cognition approach when we need to think about graded structures.
b. The situated cognition approach is a central part of the parallel distributed processing approach.
c. The situated cognition approach proposes that cues from our immediate environment help us to code a concept.
d. The situated cognition approach helps us to distinguish between categories and concepts.
c. The situated cognition approach proposes that cues from our immediate environment help us to code a concept.
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a. Read, Recite, Review b. Read, Read, Re-Read c. Read, Reach, Reply d. Remove, Reveal, Redo
According to the mere exposure effect, which individual should cause you to have the most positive emotional experience??
a. ?a nice stranger b. ?your nice next door neighbor c. ?a nice person you have seen a couple times on the bus d. ?a nice person you have seen one time in the grocery store
The ethnic stereotypes of five-year-olds are related more to their level of cognitive development than to the ethnic attitudes of their parents. The ethnic attitudes of young children seem to reflect
a. ethnic attitudes seen on television. b. witnessing a racist act conducted by a parent. c. a tendency to categorize the stimuli they experience. d. an innate need to be hostile to those who are different from ourselves.
Which of the following statements lends support to the idea that dyslexia has a genetic component?
a. Children who are dyslexic also tend to have ADHD. b. Those with dyslexia have problems benefiting from traditional instruction in a classroom. c. Dyslexia can be overcome with cognitive behavioral therapy. d. Children who are dyslexic tend to have a dyslexic parent.