Benjamin Lee Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis relates to what aspect of the power of language? a. How thinking determines language b. How language determines thinking c. The role of the language acquisition device d. The importance of critical periods in language development e. The development of language m nonhuman animals.

Which of the following demonstrates the representative-ness heuristic? a. Deciding that a new kid m school is a nerd because he looks like a nerd. b. Fearing air travel because of memories of seeing plane crashes in the news. c. Checking in every drawer to find some matches because matches are usually in drawers. d. Having the solution to a word problem pop into your head because you have just successfully solved a similar problem. e. Applying for jobs in several local grocery stores because your best friend just got a job in a grocery store.

Which of the following is an example of source amnesia? a. Iva can't remember the details of a horrifying event because she has repressed them. b. Mary has entirely forgotten about an incident in grade school until her friend re minds her of the event. c. Michael can't remember this year's locker combination be cause he confuses it with last year's combination. d. Stephen misremembers a dream as something that really happened. e Anna, who is trying to lose weight, is unable to remember several of the between-meal snacks she had yesterday.

Benjamin Lee Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis relates to what aspect of the power of language?

a. How thinking determines language

b. How language determines thinking

c. The idea of a universal grammar

d. The importance of critical periods in language development

e. The development of language in nonhuman animals

Which of the following abilities is an example of implicit memory? a. Riding a bicycle while talking to your friend about something that happened in class. b. Retrieving from memory the details of an assignment that is due tomorrow. c. Vividly recalling significant events like the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. d. Remembering the details of your last birthday party. e. Recognizing names and pictures of your classmates many years after they have graduated.

By waiting until the last minute to study for an exam, you are using an unrecommended strategy called a. imagery. b. semantic memory. c. distributed practice. d. chunking. e. massed practice.

You are more likely to remember happy memories when you are presently happy than when you are sad due to a. mood congruence. b. context effects. c. state-dependency. d. proactive interference. e. retroactive interference.

Which of the following is true regarding the role of the amygdala in memory? a. The amygdala help process implicit memories. b. The amygdala support Freud’s ideas about memory because they allow us to repress memories of trauma. c. The amygdala produce long-term potentiation in the brain. d. The amygdala help make sure we remember events that trigger strong emotional responses. e. The amygdala are active when the retrieval of a long-term memory is primed.

People are more concerned about a medical procedure when told it has a 10 percent death rate than they are when told it has a 90 percent survival rate. Which psychological concept explains this difference in concern? a. Belief perseverance b. Insight c. Intuition d. Framing e. Confirmation bias

Carl damaged his cerebellum in a car accident. As a result, he would have the most trouble remembering a. his new physician's name. b. the time of his next doctor appointment. c. how to ride his therapy bike. d. his new license plate number. e. the things his wife has asked him to get at the grocery store.

Your teachers asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testings our a. convergent thinking. b. intrinsic motivation. c. divergent thinking. d. prototypes. e. concept.

When someone provides his phone number to another person, he usually pauses after the area code and again after the next three numbers. This pattern underscores the importance of which memory principle? a. Chunking b. The serial position effect c. Semantic encoding d. Auditory encoding e. Recognition

Scott gets soaked in the rainstorm because he does not think of using hi s back pack to shield himself from the rain. Which barrier to problem solving is evidenced here? a. Fixation. b. Insight. c. Representativeness. d. Confirmation bias. e. Availability.

Miller's magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to a. the ideal number of times to rehearse information in the first encoding session. b. the number of seconds information stays in short-term memory with out rehearsal. c. the capacity of short-term memory. d. the number of seconds information stays in echoic storage. e. the number of years most long-term memories last.