Exam 9: Memory

A prototype is a

A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of

Which of the following best illustrates productive language?

We more quickly recognize that a blue jay is a bird than that a penguin is a bird because a blue jay more closely resembles our ________ of a bird.

Students were asked to figure out the rule used to devise the three-number sequence 2-4-6. After generating sets of three numbers to learn whether their sets met the rule, they typically convinced themselves of the wrong rule. Their errors best illustrate the impact of

A mental set is most likely to inhibit

Deaf culture advocates are most likely to object to the use of cochlear implants for

According to the text, language acquisition is best described as

The risks of smoking are more alarming when presented in terms of the number of smokers with lung cancer than the percentage of smokers with lung cancer. This illustrates the importance of

Unlike the use of algorithms or heuristics, insight does not involve

Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain's ________ lobe.

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second- grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates

Six-month-old Ohmar recognizes the difference between squares and circles just as accurately as his 3-year-old brother, who can correctly name the different shapes. This fact would most directly challenge

Introductory psychology students performed best on a midterm psychology test if they had previously spent five minutes a day visualizing themselves

An impairment of language is known as