How does formal schooling change some aspects of cognitive processing?
What will be an ideal response?
It improves ability to deal with more abstract materials, to rely less heavily on context cues
from the environment, and to explain one’s thinking more clearly.
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The tendency to marry someone who is similar in age, race, education, or religion is referred to as __________.
A. marriage gradient B. homogamy C. a cross-cultural factor D. gender replication
Angela administered the same personality test on two separate occasions to the same person, but she got very different results the second time. It is likely that Angela's test
a. does not have high validity. c. has high inter-rater reliability. b. does not have high test-retest reliability. d. has no operationally defined variables.
With regard to learning theory, behaviorism should be viewed as
a. a comprehensive, objective view of human learning. b. an oversimplified explanation failing to address symbolic functioning. c. contradictory to the claims of cognitivism. d. foundational in its assertions, a necessary step in moving from the simple to the complex.
Which of the following is an example of judgment?
a. He chose chemistry as his major. b. She bought the less expensive dress, even though she liked the other one better. c. She didn't think their marriage would work. d. He took the afternoon flight because it was nonstop.