Your text's discussion of false memories leads to the conclusion that false memories
A. arise from the same constructive processes that produce true memories.
B. occur for details but not for entire events.
C. occur in laboratory settings but do not occur in real-world circumstances.
D. do not occur for all people but rather are experienced by suggestible or inattentive people.
Answer: A
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William James made his most important contributions to cognitive psychology in his work on
a. problem-solving strategies. b. memory in everyday life. c. complex decision making. d. cognitive development in children.
If you agree with the statements that "the conditions of your life are excellent" and that "so far you have gotten the important things you want in life," you
a. are high in life satisfaction. b. have achieved self-actualization. c. tend to be overly optimistic and somewhat naive. d. have a Type C personality.
Which one of the following children would most likely be described as "independent?"
a. Jerome, who has a secure attachment to his mother. b. Jesse, who has an anxious-ambivalent attachment to his mother. c. James, who has an anxious-avoidant attachment to his mother. d. Jeremiah, who has a disorganized-disoriented attachment to his mother.
Dorie lives in a household where her parents are gone most of the time. Even when they are home, Dorie goes to school wearing dirty clothes and having had no breakfast. What type of parents is Dorie likely to have?
A. uninvolved B. permissive C. authoritarian D. authoritative