Which of the following would be considered a measure of fluid intelligence?
a. a test of vocabulary
b. a test of comprehension of paragraph meaning
c. an abstract reasoning test
d. a measure of social skills
C
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Regarding the disuse explanation of forgetting, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. There is evidence that memories not retrieved and "used" or rehearsed become weaker over time. b. Disuse does not explain why we are able to recover seemingly forgotten memories through redintegration, relearning, and priming. c. The main cause of senility in old age is the increased failure of the elderly person to retrieve and "use" their old and new memories. d. Disuse offers no more than a partial explanation of long-term forgetting.
Under normal conditions, the rhythms governed by the SCN are synchronized. But when people travel by air across several time zones, they tend to feel "out of sync." Explain what psychologists have discovered about "being out of sync."
What will be an ideal response?
Although Michelle passed her psychology test, received a pay raise, and successfully repaired her bike today, she dwells on the rebuff of a friend. A cognitive therapist would refer to this as
a. obsessive behavior. b. selective perception. c. all-or-nothing thinking. d. overgeneralization.
Priming is __________.
a) always an automatic process b) always a controlled process c) largely automatic, but can be controlled to some extent d) largely controlled, but can be automatic to some extent