The textbook problem of how many socks to take out of a drawer to get a matched pair when the drawer contains a
four to five mixture of white and black socks requires the reader to realize that the four to five mixture is irrelevant information and that the only relevant information is that there are two colors of socks. Getting the correct answer of three socks requires the reader to first use which of Davidson's insight abilities?
a. selective combination
b. selective attention
c. selective comparison
d. selective encoding
ANSWER: d
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A. experience auditory hallucinations for a brief time afterward B. suffer tonic and clonic seizures over the next week C. feel more clearheaded and less depressed following the first two to three sessions D. experience amnesia and confusion for an hour after the treatment
This is an experiment or quasi-experiment that includes more than one independent variable.
What will be an ideal response?
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a. ?germinal b. ?embryonic c. ?fetal d. ?teratogen
In the violation-of-expectation method, __________ suggests that Baby Will is "surprised" by a deviation from physical reality
A) a lack of attention and unfocused behavior B) heightened attention to the unexpected event C) smiling rather than crying D) quick recovery to a familiar event