According to the text, which of the following situations is a primary reason for the development of the field of information processing?
A) Linguists improved understanding of humans' use of language
B) Scientists' growing awareness of cognitive development in the great apes
C) Developments in computer science and related information technology fields
D) Strong empirical support for Piaget's cognitive development theory
C
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a. a heritability ratio. b. a percentile score. c. an intelligence quotient. d. a reaction range.
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a. attack younger children b. become uncontrollably violent after receiving a blow to the ego c. band together in large groups, and engage in destructive, aggressive acts d. become aggressive after drinking heavily
The concept called "feeling of knowing"
a. describes how confident you are that you provided the right answer on a test. b. is an estimate of the likelihood that you will recognize the correct answer to a question. c. is more closely related to retrospective memory than to metamemory. d. is not significantly correlated with the amount of partial information we can retrieve.
Chandra has gathered data from several studies investigating the relative effects of heredity and environment on an individual's level of well-being. Chandra uses various statistical methods on the data in hopes of finding significant results. Chandra must be a ____ psychologist.?
a. ?quantitative b. ?human factors c. ?forensic d. ?cognitive