Beatrice took four years of Spanish in high school. In college she studied German for four years. Upon graduation from college, she visited Madrid and found that her mastery of Spanish was at a very low level of proficiency. Possibly, Beatrice's failure to remember Spanish was due to
a. anterograde amnesia. c. retrograde amnesia.
b. proactive interference. d. retroactive interference.
D
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c. Fat cells release leptin, and leptin decreases appetite. d. The adrenal glands release leptin, and leptin increases salt intake.
If elements move together, they are perceived as belonging together, which illustrates the law of
a. common fate. c. similarity. b. continuity. d. closure.
In a skewed distribution, the _____ is the measure of central tendency that is most likely to be farthest away from the skew (the extreme scores)
a. mean c. average b. mode d. median
Jenny watches her mom pull two cookies out of the pantry. Her mom places one whole cookie on a plate and then breaks up the other into three pieces and places it on another plate. Asked to choose between the two cookies of equal size, one whole, and one broken, Jenny takes the broken cookie, saying that three cookies are better than one. Piaget would say that Jenny lacks
A. centration. B. object permanence. C. seriation. D. conservation.