Bits of information are combined into meaningful units so that more information can be held in working memory through the process of
a. chunking.
b. categorizing .
c. rote rehearsal.
d. cueing.
e. priming.
a. chunking.
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a. established values b. established expectations c. established behavior patterns d. all of these
If the heritability of a particular trait is found to be 60 percent, then by definition the other 40 percent is due to
A) random chance that impacts every organism. B) prenatal environmental influences, such as toxins or viruses. C) the effects of gene mutation. D) differences in the individual's environment.
Can you identify which rule of science was violated in each of the following cases?
1. For nine months after being diagnosed with a treatable form of pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs refused to have surgery and instead tried to cure himself with carrot juice, fruit, and psychics. 2. Sigmund Freud theorized that all men unconsciously experience "castration anxiety." When his fellow analysts questioned this notion and asked for his evidence, he was amused. He wrote: "One hears of analysts who boast that, though they have worked for dozens of years, they have never found a sign of the existence of the castration complex. We must bow our heads in recognition of … [this] piece of virtuosity in the art of overlooking and mistaking."
People primarily compare themselves to __________.
A. other people in other cultures B. other people in their own culture C. their imagined self D. their past selves