Elenor, a six-year-old child, is eating dinner with her family. She points to her pregnant mother's round belly and says, "Mommy, you better not eat any dessert. You'll make it too crowded for the new baby in there"
Elenor has constructed a(n) ___ of what it means to be pregnant.
a. task analysis
b. syllogism
c. analogy
d. mental model
D
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a. Estrogen c. Progesterone b. Oxytocin d. Luteinizing hormone
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What will be an ideal response?
Callender and McDaniel investigated the effect of embedding questions in text, for both high- and low-structure builders
The test included items that had been the target of embedded questions, and other items that were related to concepts targeted by embedded questions. What did they find? a) Embedded questions led low structure builders to comprehend as well as high structure builders. b) Both high- and low-structure builders were aided by embedded questions. c) Low-structure builders were helped by embedded questions, but only on the targeted concepts. d) Low-structure builders were helped by embedded questions, for both targeted and related concepts.
What is it of Alan Turning’s ideas that made it essential for cognitive psychology?
A. his comparison of the human mind to animals B. his comparison of the human mind to computers C. he took a holistic approach to studying the mind D. he believed that the environment was important for studying the mind