To find cancerous breast tumors that are too small to be felt by hand, the American Cancer Society has been recommending that women over age 40 have
a. Pap smears
b. EKGs
c. EEGs
d. mammograms
d
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You eat because you like to. This best illustrates the idea that motivation is due to:
A. unconscious desires to reduce anxiety B. instinct C. the reward/pleasure centers in the brain D. a drive
You enter a classroom full of people only to smell someone's very strong perfume. At the end of class, you notice that you don't smell the perfume. This best illustrates:
A. consolidation B. adaptation C. transduction D. olfaction
According to the discussion in Chapter 8, John Anderson's ACT-R Theory
a. focuses on discovering how experts and novices categorize new objects. b. explains how working memory processes semantic information; however, ACT-R theory is not currently concerned with the way this information is stored in long-term memory. c. proposes that each concept in semantic memory can be described in terms of a list of characteristics that its members must possess. d. attempts to explain processes such as language, reasoning and decision makingâ€"in addition to semantic memory.
Megan has a habit of standing in front of the television, even though other people behind her are also trying to watch the television. Megan seems unaware that people cannot see the television through her head. Megan:
A) is selfish. B) is demonstrating egocentrism. C) does not grasp the concept of conservation. D) is demonstrating reversibility.