The textbook claims that research on short-term memory has focused on two questions: the ______ of short-term memory and how we ______ our conscious efforts at learning.
a. capacities; self-regulate
b. computational power; control
c. limitless nature; plan
d. infallibility; undermine
Ans: A
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a. whether a person will graduate from college. b. a person's high school grades. c. a person's choice of occupation. d. how well a person performs in his or her chosen occupation.
Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic of formal operational thought?
a. Knowing is based primarily on instruction from others. b. Logic is based on the creation of a system of interrelated rules that can be used for problem solving. c. Knowing is based primarily on direct experience by the individual within a family context. d. Logic is based largely on memories of past experiences.
To observe conditioning, one could ring a bell and squirt lemon juice into Johnny's mouth. By repeating this procedure several times, you could condition Johnny to salivate to the bell. Conditioning will be most rapid if the US follows immediately after the CS. In this example, the CS would be
a. the lemon juice. b. the bell. c. salivation to the bell. d. salivation to the lemon juice.
When this part of the eye loses some of its ability to flatten and bulge in order to focus clearly on objects at different distances, we may need eyeglasses
a) cornea b) lens c) pupil d) retina