Aaron and his fellow high school seniors are sitting in a large
auditorium and are about to take a group test that will measure their aptitudes for language, math, and reasoning as well as predict their chances of success in college.
Aaron and his fellow classmates are most likely taking the
a. Leiter International Performance Scale.
b. Stanford-Binet (SB5).
c. WAIS-IV.
d. SAT Reasoning Test (SAT).
ANSWER: d
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a. the visuospatial sketchpad to arrange all the information he needed. b. the phonological loop to temporarily hold his list of essential items. c. the central executive system to juggle all the information he needed to consider. d. his prospective memory to remember the actions he still needed to perform.
Strayer and Johnston's (2001) experiment involving simulated driving and the use of "hands-free" versus "handheld" cell phones found that
A. talking on either kind of phone impairs driving performance significantly and to the same extent. B. driving performance was impaired only with the handheld cell phones. C. driving performance was impaired less with the hands-free phones than with the handheld phones. D. divided attention (driving and talking on the phone) did not affect performance.
Individuals suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) display a characteristic set of symptoms including all of the following EXCEPT a. numbing of emotional responsiveness
b. sudden "flashbacks" in which the traumatic event is relived. c. decreased startle response and chronically decreased autonomic arousal d. memories and nightmares of the event.
The 2008 version of the nutritional guidelines for Americans, called MyPyramid, has key changes in:
a. increasing protein such as eggs in your diet b. decreasing whole grains c. increasing physical activity d. adding more meat to the diet