You have gone for the first time to one of the campus computer
labs to work on your psychology assignments. However, you forgot your first-day handout, which has the psychology website listed. You spot a person from your class, and he tells you the website. You walk back to your computer and type in the website. In the process of working through the assignment, you accidentally exit completely out of the system. You cannot remember the psychology website. This illustrates how which of the following types of memory operates?
a. sensory memory
b. iconic memory
c. short-term memory
d. procedural memory
ANSWER: c
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Dev is 45 years old. Compared to men who are below the age of 30, Dev is five to six times more likely to have a child with
a. red-green color blindness. b. Turner's syndrome. c. cystic fibrosis. d. autistic disorders
Victor has a cortex that is very easily stimulated to a point higher than optimal. Victor MOST likely:
A) engages in the environment and seeks social reinforcement. B) prefers quiet activities. C) listens to loud music. D) is neurotic and emotionally unstable.
A significant positive correlation is found between variables x and y. Which of the following may be safely inferred?
a. x causes y b. y causes x c. as x increases, y increases d. as x increases, y decreases
When an egg is fertilized, the sperm contributes ____ chromosomes
a) 12 b) 74 c) 23 d) 46 e) 14