According to Piaget's theory, children first show or develop object permanence during the
a. sensorimotor stage
b. concrete operational stage
c. preoperational stage
d. formal operational stage
Ans: a. sensorimotor stage
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A. Since his cortex is damaged, information like songs cannot be transferred into short-term memory. B. The words of the songs learned before the accident were already safely stored throughout his cortex. C. Brain damage often reduces one's motivation for new learning. D. The accident probably damaged his brainstem, thus preventing new songs from being stored in his hippocampus.
In Pavlov's study, the unconditioned response was:
A. food B. a tone (bell) C. salivation D. fear
Suppose that Peter is an expert in gymnastics. You would expect to find that
a. he is also an expert in several other unrelated areas. b. he actually has less vivid imagery about gymnastics than a nonexpert would have. c. he has an IQ that is in the gifted range. d. he practices gymnastics very conscientiously, typically at least an hour every day.
Korsakoff's patients best remember a list of short sentences by ____.
A. reading and rereading them B. testing themselves on each sentence before going on to the next C. creating an elaborate story integrating the content of the sentences D. relating each sentence to a past personal experience