Your text discusses four major reasons to explain the improved memory and learning abilities in the aging child. Which item below is NOT one of these reasons?
a. Increased knowledge about how memory works
b. An increase in general knowledge about the world
c. A working-term memory that increases from 1 slot at birth to about 10 slots by age five years
d. Better "software" for effective information retrieval
c
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Isabelle is exhausted from staying up too late and doesn't perform very well at her swim meet as a result. Isabelle will probably describe her poor performance as ____
a. unintentional and due to exhaustion b. unintentional and due to staying up too late c. intentional and due to exhaustion d. intentional and due to staying up too late
When George creates a scatterplot that compares achievement test scores and grades in school, the points on the scatterplot fall roughly along a line that slants up and to the right. Based on his scatterplot, George can conclude that achievement test scores and grades in school:
a. are positively correlated b. are negatively correlated c. are only weakly correlated d. have a cause-and-effect relationship
The basic rule for coping with a return to some unwanted behavior is:
a. to expect the bad habit to return and reinstate a self-change plan when it does. b. to continue keeping records indefinitely and never stop self-observations. c. to always seek social support to help you cope. d. extreme overlearning.
Why are many psychologists skeptical about the number of individuals who are given the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?
What will be an ideal response?