Suppose you are accustomed to driving a car in which the switch for the windshield wipers is located to the left of the steering wheel. Then you borrow a friend's car
To use the wipers on this car, you must activate the switch to the right of the steering wheel, but you keep reaching toward the left. You are demonstrating
a. proactive interference.
b. the phonological loop.
c. the effects of "magical number seven."
d. a real-life version of the Brown/Peterson & Peterson test of memory.
Ans: a
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a. In general, a single gene drives behavior and small differences in auxiliary genes modify that behavior. b. Typically, one to two particular genes drive specific patterns of human behavior. c. Small differences in a cluster of genes typically drive specific behaviors. d. Genes play a negligible role in driving human behavior.
Traumatic sexualization occurs when ____
a. the child is unaware of sexual practices b. the emotional abuse is chronic c. a child's sexual knowledge occurs inappropriately d. the child is forced to abuse others
Positive illusions sometimes allow us to cope with chronic stress.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Soupy's preschool teacher asks if it is harder to recall the names of four cars or the names of six bikes. Soupy will say that it is easier to recall the names of the
a. cars because there are fewer of them. b. bikes because he likes bikes more. c. bikes because he has his own bike. d. bikes or the cars equally.