A fixed mindset is the idea that abilities are
a. malleable.
b. unchangeable.
c. both genetic and environmental.
d. learned.
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?
The fact that one's memory can be influenced by the mood or bodily condition that exists at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval is known as
a. eidetic imagery. b. the serial position effect. c. state-dependent learning. d. the tip-of-the-tongue state.
When a strongly conditioned CS is used to make another stimulus into a second CS, the effect is known as __________
a) spontaneous recovery. b) higher-order conditioning. c) extinction. d) stimulus generalization.
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of ________
a) introspection b) functionalism c) psychoanalysis d) Gestalt psychologists