Many middle-aged adults can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated, although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before he was assassinated
This is an example of ______.
a) an eidetic image
b) a flashbulb memory
c) a semantic memory
d) a procedural memory
ANS: B, This is an example of a flashbulb memory, which is like a flash picture of a highly emotional event and is not always accurate.
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a. Syndromes b. Pathologies c. DSMs d. Distraughtitudes
How many calories per day should infants consume for each pound they weigh?
A. 25 B. 50 C. 100 D. 200
Discuss three adjustment problems that children with chronic illness may display
What will be an ideal response?
Dr. Skinner wants a pigeon to learn to peck a button in its cage. He first records how often the pigeon pecks the button. Then, after 3 days, he begins to give food to the pigeon every time it pecks the button. The pigeon's rate of pecking the button increases. After 3 days, he quits giving the pigeon food contingent on its pecking the button. The pigeon's rate of pecking the button decreases
After 3 more days, Dr. Skinner begins giving the pigeon food for pecking the button again, and its rate of pecking increases again. What kind of experimental design has Dr. Skinner used? a. Teaching Design b. Changing Conditions Design c. AB d. ABAB