The effect of a knowledge base, independent of age or other types of intelligence (e.g., digit span performance), appears to measurably enhance the ability to:
A) recall from memory specialized clusters of verbal material which is related to situation specific clueing
B) recall from memory specialized information critical to the learning of new situations
C) organize semantic verbal material in memory
D) recall from working memory specialized information which is directly related to the knowledge base
E) all of the above
D
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According to Freud, the events in dreams
a. have no connection to the client's real life and thus are irrelevant in therapy. b. are symbolic representations of recent events in the client's life. c. need to be analyzed by the therapist and interpreted for the client. d. are logical interpretations of random neural activation.
An individual with age-associated cognitive decline is likely to ____
a. require assistance with normal day-to-day activities b. misplace things but find them after searching c. be unaware of memory and cognitive difficulties d. experience drastic shifts in mood
Schemas are:
A. errors in attribution caused by cognitive dissonance B. mental categories representing an organized collection of knowledge C. attitudes resulting in prejudice and discrimination D. factors that co-vary with the behavior we are trying to explain
You are trying to draw a map of a local park. You represent the northern edge of the park as being a smooth, regular curve—even though one side is actually more irregular than the other side. Your inaccurate cognitive map is an example of
a. the alignment heuristic. b. the rotation heuristic. c. the landmark heuristic. d. the symmetry heuristic.