Achievement tests are designed to measure a person's:
a. current level of knowledge or competence in a particular subject
b. ability to acquire the knowledge needed for success in a given area
c. ability to think in new and creative ways
d. ability to understand and assimilate new information
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Archaeologists have found skulls from as long ago as 3000 B.C. that bear evidence of an ancient surgical technique whereby holes were cut into the skulls of live individuals in an attempt to release demons from the possessed victim. This process is called __________.
A. trephination B. drilling C. humoring D. exorcism
Your instructor is lecturing in class when security knocks on the door. The instructor goes to the door, gets the note from security, and gives it to a student, who exits the classroom. The instructor looks at the class and asks, "Now where was I in the lecture notes?" This situation illustrates how short-term memory is affected by
a. dishabituation. b. priming. c. chunking. d. displacement.
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is similar to traditional psychoanalysis in that:
A) clients and analysts sit facing each other during ITP. B) analysts using IPT do not attempt to foster insight into the unconscious. C) IPT is less intensive than is traditional psychoanalysis. D) IPT focuses more on improving current relationships than does traditional psychoanalysis.
One of the infant reflexes most commonly tested to detect neurological dysfunction is the
A. search reflex B. walking reflex C. Moro reflex D. labyrinthine reflex