What term refers to the degree to which an activity requires attention?
a) Automatization
b) Encoding
c) Information processing
d) Retrieval
Answer: a
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Your textbook discusses gender comparisons in morbidity in North America. According to this discussion,
a. women live longer than men, so women are more likely to have health problems associated with old age. b. although women are more likely than men to experience physical abuse from a partner, this abuse encourages women to seek health care, leading to higher morbidity. c. morbidity is based on self-report, so there are probably no actual gender differences in morbidity. d. morbidity is calculated in a biased way, and women are actually less likely than men to have serious health problems.
Cassandra just turned 3 years old. If she is questioned about her gender, she is most likely:
a. to still be confused about whether she is a boy or a girl b. to recognize that she is a girl and be aware that she will always be a girl c. to show evidence of acting in accordance with well-established gender roles d. to recognize that she is a girl and give some stereotyped responses about general characteristics of girls
A person with a highly reactive behavioural inhibition system would be MOST sensitive to _____ reinforcers.
A) primary B) secondary C) positive D) negative
Psychologist Carroll Izard contends that the only emotion newborn infants clearly express is
a. interest. b. fear. c. anger. d. joy.