What problem-solving roadblock have you overcome if you use your shoe to hammer a nail into the wall?
a) set effect
b) adaptation
c) functional fixedness
d) problem representation
C
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Which of the following would not be possible without the functioning of the nervous system?
a. ideals, thoughts, and plans c. behaviors, emotions, and cognitions b. imagery and cognitions d. all of these
Ellie can't feel the bracelet on her arm unless she shakes her arm and the bracelet moves. This indicates that _____ are the somatosensory receptors mediating her awareness of her jewelry.
A. Meissner's corpuscles B. free nerve endings C. Ruffini's endings D. Merkel's endings
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
a. is a genetic disorder. b. can result in an abnormally small head. c. is associated with deformed arms, legs, hands, or fingers. d. is likely to result in encephalitis.
Parallel distributed processing (PDP) models of memory storage propose that:
a. an individual attempting to encode new information must repeatedly rehearse that information. b. the spread of activation ensures all memories have equal chances of getting stored. c. the neural circuitry involved in long-term retention simultaneously evolved in humans and nonhuman primates. d. associations involve the simultaneous activity of many nodes.