What type of thinking makes use of cognitive skills and strategies to increase the likelihood of solving problems, forming inferences, and making decisions appropriately and successfully?
A. encoding
B. metamemory
C. critical thinking
D. information processing
Answer: C
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According to James Marcia, the status of adolescents who commit to a particular identity following a period of crisis is called __________.
A. identity foreclosure B. identity achievement C. moratorium D. identity diffusion
Relapse prevention refers to a treatment mode that views relapse as a. a failure of cognitive and behavioral coping skills
b. a failure of willpower. c. proof that a person will never be able to control his/her drinking. d. an insurmountable obstacle to treatment for substance abuse.
Nerve cells that nourish neurons and encase them in insulating sheets of myelin are called
a. synapses. b. neurotransmitters. c. corpus callosum. d. glia cells.
The kind of intelligence that is based on formal education is called:
a. fluid intelligence b. innate intelligence c. crystallized intelligence d. trait intelligence