Vivid recollections of emotionally significant events, such as the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, the Boston Marathon bombing, your high school graduation, or your first date, are known as

A. eidetic images.
B. flashbulb memories.
C. echoic memories.
D. recovered memories.


Ans: B. flashbulb memories.

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who is redeveloping lists of empirically supported therapies, the Canadian Psychological Association Task Force: a) Provided information about the limitations of current empirical knowledge. b) Did not do anything about this issue. c) Tried to find out what treatments are typically used for particular disorders. d) Looked for more funding for evidence-based treatment programs.

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The distinguishing factor in an adjusting schedule is the

A) ?primary reinforcer. B) ?subject's previous performance. C) ?lack of a discriminative stimulus. D) ?secondary reinforcer.

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Which of the following skills has improved as a result of the increased use of computers and video games by students?

A. writing skills B. visual skills C. analysis skills D. critical thinking skills

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Social power implies

a.  social influence.   b.  forces operating in opposition to one another.   c.  inducing change in another person.   d.  resisting other’s influence attempts.   e.  all the processes listed here.

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