Jenny has brown hair and blue eyes and is 5’8” tall. What is being described is Jenny’s:
Correct answer is: B. Phenotype
NA
SPSC HEADMASTER
The link between physical punishment and subsequent aggressive behavior is probably best explained by:
Correct answer is: A. Observational learning
NA
A spontaneous, heritable change or error in DNA replication is called:
Correct answer is: D. A mutation
NA
For which of the following assertions is the empirical evidence strongest?
Correct answer is: A. The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to handle different types of cognitive tasks
NA
Getting information into memory is called ________; getting information out of memory is called:
Correct answer is: C. Encoding; retrieval
NA
After repeated pairings of a tone with meat powder, Pavlov found that a dog will salivate when the tone is presented. Salivation to the tone is a(n):
Correct answer is: D. Conditioned response
NA
The word “big” is flashed on a screen. A mental picture of the word “big” represents a ________ code; the definition “large in size” represents a ________ code; “sounds like pig” represents a ________ code:
Correct answer is: D. Phonemic; structural; semantic
NA
According to Miller, the capacity of short term memory is:
Correct answer is: D. About 7 "chunks" of information
NA