As Marta listens to her instructor during psychology class, she tries to relate these new facts, terms, and concepts to her own experiences and to information she already knows well. Thus, Marta is making these new ideas more personally meaningful and easier to remember by using the practice of
a. egocentrism.
b. self-reference.
c. transference.
d. self-projection.
B
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a. the episodic buffer. b. the central executive. c. the visuospatial sketchpad d. the phonological loop.
Which statement is true regarding the study of the Big Five conducted by Srivastava and colleagues (2003)? a. It was an experimental study
b. It supported the notion that the Big Five are "set in plaster.". c. It was associated with several ethical concerns. d. It was a cross-sectional study.
Which of the following statements is true about Sigmund Freud?
a. The Mind Cure Movement is Sigmund Freud's first book. b. Sigmund Freud argued that many of his patients had symptoms due to physical, rather than mental, causes. c. Sigmund Freud's concepts had a profound influence on the philosophy, literature, and art of the twentieth century. d. Sigmund Freud's concepts were widely accepted by the scientific community, especially by empirically oriented psychologists.
The area of the frontal lobe that is crucial in our ability to talk is ______ area
a. Broca's c. Gall's b. Wernicke's d. Korsakoff's