What is the drawback to most methods that researchers use to measure cognitive processing?

A. Thanks to technology, human cognition is changing rapidly.
B. Human subjects can accurately push buttons for only a few minutes at a time.
C. The subjects' stereotypical beliefs interfere with cognition.
D. The measurements are indirect and based on assumptions.


Answer: D

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a. perfectionism b. obsessive-compulsive disorder c. rigidity d. none of the above

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Jack is taking a psychoactive drug. He reports having perceptual, sensory, and cognitive experiences that are out of the ordinary; but he understands that these experiences are not real. The drug he is most likely taking is one of the ____ drugs

a. depressant c. hallucinogenic b. stimulant d. amphetamine

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In biofeedback procedures, clinicians use physiological monitoring equipment to make the responses ________ to the patient.

A. visible B. audible C. visible and/or audible D. tactile

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Many educational innovations, such as dynamic assessment and FCL classrooms, have incorporated insights about learning and development from the sociocultural theories. Choose either dynamic assessment or FCL

Define your choice, and discuss how it incorporates insights about learning and development from the sociocultural theories. What will be an ideal response?

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