Exam 9: Memory

People with opposing views of capital punishment reviewed mixed evidence regarding its effectiveness as a crime deterrent. As a result, their opposing views differed more strongly than ever. This best illustrates

The best evidence that there is a critical period for language acquisition is the fact that

Many people are less supportive of paying a "carbon tax" than of paying an equivalent cost in the form of a "carbon offset" fee. This best illustrates the impact of

Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems and make judgments efficiently are called

People can simultaneously process many aspects of sensory information such as color, depth, movement, and form. This best illustrates the function of multiple

Morphemes are

Human infants display a remarkable ability to learn statistical aspects of speech. Specifically, research studies have shown that they

Our tendency to judge the likelihood of an event on the basis of how readily we can remember instances of its occurrence is called

The women's basketball team at the University of Tennessee improved in free-throw shooting after practicing

Which of the following is NOT true of babbling?

A concept is a

People are likely to take less time to recognize a woman as a nurse than a man as a nurse because a woman more closely resembles their nurse

When Quang couldn't find his wallet, he began to wonder about his roommate's honesty. Although Quang later recalled that he had left his wallet in the glove compartment of his own car, he continued to doubt his roommate's honesty. Quang's irrational thinking best illustrates

During the earliest stage of speech development, infants

In contrast to our explicit conscious reasoning, our seemingly effortless and automatic feelings or thoughts are called

Wording a 1.or presenting an issue in such a way that it evokes a desired judgment is called

Master chess players can make correct game moves at such speed that their acquired expertise feels like

Prototype is to category as ________ is to ________.

Professor Chadwick evaluated a graduate student's research proposal negatively simply because he had heard a rumor about the student's incompetence. When later informed that the rumor had been patently false, the professor's assessment of the student's research proposal remained almost as negative as it was originally. This best illustrates

Pigeons can reliably discriminate pictures of cars from pictures of chairs. This best illustrates their capacity to develop