Frederica is taking an engineering test, and actively storing and working on a complex problem. This activity is occurring in:

a. procedural memory
b. long-term memory
c. retroactive memory
d. short-term memory


D

Psychology

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Which of these is NOT an explanation for why snake phobias are more common than car phobias?

a. Repeated safe experiences reduce the likelihood of a learned fear b. We are more likely to fear objects that are unpredictable and uncontrollable. c. Genetic predispositions favor development of some fears rather than others. d. Phobias develop by classical conditioning between an object and a painful experience.

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Provide reasons why contemporary developmentalists believe understanding the entire life span is important.

What will be an ideal response?

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Bree is an expert on dinosaurs. Based on this, we would expect that Bree will perform better on a memory test of dinosaurs because she will organize items together in __________ and recall them as __________.

A. short-term memory; words B. categories; chunks C. categories; phonemes D. numerical order; chunks

Psychology

A problem behavior can be maintained by all of the following except:

a. the presentation or removal of a stimulus event b. the behavior of another person c. an antecedent event d. a change in a physical stimulus

Psychology