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- A. Visual code
- B. Semantic code
- C. Acoustic code
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Short-term memory can use visual, semantic, and acoustic codes, although acoustic coding is often considered its dominant form.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Figure-ground, proximity, continuity
- B. Proximity, continuity, good form
- C. Continuity, good form, closure
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Figure-ground, proximity, continuity, good form, and closure are all Gestalt principles used to organize perceptual information.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Biophysical pattern
- B. Biosocial pattern
- C. Biochemical pattern
- D. Bioelectrical patternEnroll In Courses
Explanation: Long-term memory depends substantially on biochemical changes in neurons, including protein synthesis and altered synaptic connections.
Correct answer: Biochemical pattern- A. wrong to right
- B. right to wrong
- C. wrong to wrong
- D. None of these
Explanation: Studies of answer changing generally find that wrong-to-right changes occur more often than right-to-wrong changes.
Correct answer: wrong to right- A. musical
- B. verbal
- C. mathematical
- D. performance
Explanation: Gardner’s intelligences include musical, linguistic or verbal, and logical-mathematical abilities.
Correct answer: performance- A. prototype
- B. heuristic
- C. concept
- D. algorithm
Explanation: A concept is a mental category used to group objects or events with common features, such as the category represented by the word “tree.”…
Correct answer: concept- A. algorithm
- B. heuristic
- C. schema
- D. mental set
Explanation: A schema is an organized mental framework containing knowledge and expectations about objects, events, or situations.
Correct answer: schema- A. developmental psychology
- B. social psychology
- C. clinical psychology
- D. cognitive psychology
Explanation: Cognitive psychology studies mental processes such as problem solving, decision making, memory, and concept formation.
Correct answer: cognitive psychology789. The most common way of studying human cognitive processing is to evaluate ____________________?
- A. semantic shifts
- B. EEG readings
- C. reaction time
- D. rehearsal time
Explanation: Reaction time is widely used as an indirect measure of cognitive processing because harder or more complex mental operations generally…
Correct answer: reaction time790. The fact that we can think without language is best illustrated in research on ___________________?
- A. mental imagery
- B. functional fixedness
- C. the framing effect
- D. algorithms
Explanation: Mental imagery shows that people can represent and manipulate visual information without putting it into words.
Correct answer: mental imagery- A. fluid intelligence
- B. concrete operational intelligence
- C. crystallized intelligence
- D. formal operational intelligence
Explanation: Crystallized intelligence consists of accumulated knowledge, vocabulary, and learned verbal skills.
Correct answer: crystallized intelligence- A. three dimensions
- B. 180 dimensions
- C. 120 dimensions
- D. 10 dimensions
Explanation: Guilford’s Structure of Intellect model organized intelligence into three dimensions: operations, contents, and products.
Correct answer: three dimensions- A. Herbert Simon
- B. J. P. Guilford
- C. Martin Seligman
- D. Joseph Wolpe
Explanation: J. P. Guilford distinguished convergent thinking, which narrows information toward one correct answer, from divergent thinking, which…
Correct answer: J. P. Guilford- A. factor analysis
- B. construct analysis
- C. Spearman's g factor
- D. hypothesis testing
Explanation: Factor analysis identifies clusters of correlated abilities, allowing psychologists to infer the component factors underlying…
Correct answer: factor analysis- A. specifically graded toward the learning disabled
- B. not based on unique, individual differences
- C. a two-factor theory
- D. a multiple-factor theory
Explanation: Guilford rejected a single-factor view of intelligence and proposed a Structure-of-Intellect model involving many abilities formed from…
Correct answer: a multiple-factor theory- A. Broca's
- B. Gage's
- C. Forester's
- D. Wernicke's
Explanation: Wernicke’s area, usually in the left temporal lobe, is chiefly associated with understanding spoken and written language.
Correct answer: Wernicke's- A. Otis
- B. Beta
- C. Alpha
- D. Bender Gestalt
Explanation: The Army Alpha was the first major group-administered intelligence test developed for literate military recruits during World War I.
Correct answer: Alpha- A. WAIS
- B. WISC C. Blacky
- C. Stanford-Binet
- D. None of theseTry Prep Courses
Explanation: The Stanford-Binet has historically been predominantly verbal, although modern versions also include nonverbal components.
Correct answer: Stanford-Binet- A. inductive thinking
- B. deductive thinking
- C. evaluative thinking
- D. divergent thinkingEnroll In Courses
Explanation: A syllogism begins with general premises and derives a necessary particular conclusion, which is the structure of deductive reasoning.
Correct answer: deductive thinking- A. measurements
- B. syllables
- C. the smallest units of meaningful sound
- D. the smallest units of sound
Explanation: A phoneme is the smallest distinctive unit of speech sound, such as /p/ in “pat.” It does not itself have meaning, so “smallest meaningful…
Correct answer: the smallest units of sound