A learned predisposition to respond in a consistently favorable or unfavorable manner with respect to a given object is known as a(n) _____.
A) belief
B) emotion
C) attitude
D) cognition
E) attribute
C) attitude
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Haynes, Rovee-Collier (1997) research on infant memory involved recording kicking behavior when a ribbon was tied to the infant's foot, demonstrating that young children have _____ memory
a. repressed b. implicit c. recall d. elaborative
Regarding phantom limb sensations, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Functional MRI confirms that sensory and motor areas of the brain are more active when a person feels a phantom limb. b. A phantom limb may feel so "real" that a patient with a recently amputated leg may inadvertently try to walk on it, risking further injury. c. When people lose an arm, they may at first have a phantom arm and hand, while many years later, the phantom may shrink, until only a hand is felt at the shoulder. d. Phantom limb sensations and the effects of acupuncture can both be explained by the opponent-process theory.
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a combination of problems that can occur in a child whose mother drank alcohol while pregnant. Symptoms of FAS include all of the following EXCEPT
A. cognitive deficits and behavior problems. B. distorted facial features. C. learning difficulties. D. excessive fetal growth.
One conclusion that may be drawn about the certainty of the judgments made on both sides of the O.J. Simpson murder trial (the African-American perspective that focused on the behavior of the Los Angeles Police Department and the white perspective that saw the case as one of spouse abuse and double murder) is the extent to which evidence from the opposing perspective was ignored or dismissed
This neglect of contradictory information is evidence of __________ in decision-making. a. divergent thinking c. the availability heuristic b. overconfidence d. the framing effect