In his early work when he was his own experimental subject, the 29-year-old Wilhelm Wundt found that he could ____.?
a. ?pay attention to two things at once
b. ?not pay attention to two things at once
c. ?pay attention to two things at once, but not three
d. ?pay attention to three things at once, but not four
e. ?sustain his attention on one thing for a little less than 12 minutes at a time
b
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A) morphological marker. B) dialectical marker. C) phoneme. D) prefix.
Declarative memories are also called
A) explicit B) procedural C) dissociative D) implicit
Which of the following is the best reason for why we have trouble remembering the license plate number of a car that we just passed ten minutes ago?
a. Working memory lasts only a minute or so. b. License plate numbers are too difficult to remember easily. c. We probably never encoded the number in the first place. d. The memory, though present, is too difficult to retrieve except under special circumstances, such as hypnosis or substantial amounts of stress.
One problem with early asylums was that they did not just admit people with mental illnesses, but also admitted people who were homeless or beggars. Why was this a problem?
a) people who didn't need treatment were receiving it instead of the people who needed it b) people were simply isolated from society at large and not offered actual treatment c) people without mental illnesses were being exposed to harsh treatment (e.g., shock therapy) d) people with mental illness were taken advantage of by the others