Which of the following is not listed by the text as a criterion of a good theory?
A) comprehensiveness
B) verifiability
C) applied value
D) consistency with human values
Answer: D
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A. retributive B. utilitarian C. "just desserts" D. none of the above
In Neisser and Becklen's study, participants saw a video showing two different action
scenes (a basketball game and a hand-slapping game) with one presented above the other. The results indicated that participants a. perceived their names when they suddenly appeared on the screen. b. were able to detect a visual stimulus quickly if they were first cued to its location. c. were able to shadow a visual message even when the message switched between visual fields. d. could only attend to one visual scene at a time. e. could effectively attend to both visual scenes simultaneously with equivalent accuracy.
According to the text, ___________ is the number of synaptic connections among neurons
a. synaptic pruning b. synaptic density c. synaptic space d. synaptic network