Research suggests that our memory for personal events (e.g., very important moments in our lives as well as day-to-day events) ____
a. is like a literal tape recorder
b. is like a literal photograph
c. is often based on our expectations of what "must have been true" based on our current self-concepts
d. is often based on our expectations of what "must have been true" based on our past self-concepts (our self-concepts when the events occurred)
C
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Social interactions between 11- and 12-year-old boys and girls may be awkward because
a. girls tend to do much better than boys in school at this age, and this becomes a source of endless teasing and torment. b. girls form cliques and boys form crowds, and thus they really have nothing to talk about c. they are not yet at the age where they have anything in common, and thus there is no real value in these social interactions. d. the girls may be taller and look more mature than the boys, since their pubertal growth spurt begins earlier.
Antidepressants are commonly used to treat not only depression but also:
A) schizophrenia. B) personality disorders. C) anxiety disorders. D) bipolar disorder.
Moderate amounts of hormones released by the adrenal glands during stress and emotional arousal tend to ________
a. enhance memory. b. produce tip-of-the-tongue states. c. cause retroactive interference. d. lead to motivated forgetting.
When using an explicit approach to studying wisdom, experts typically assess wisdom by
__________. Fill in the blanks with correct word