Exam 20: Insight, Language, and Memory: Exploring Cognitive Processe

An integrated understanding of psychological disorders in terms of stressful memories, evolutionary processes, and gender roles is most clearly provided by

Which of the following is a selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitor?

Melissa uses laxatives in an attempt to lose some of the weight she gained from binge eating. Melissa most clearly demonstrates symptoms of

Who is the best example of a Type A personality?

Around the world, people describe others' personality traits in terms that are consistent with a set of factors called

One gene scan of 40,000 people worldwide identified a variant of a gene called FTO. This gene nearly doubles the risk of

To excite or inhibit an action potential in a receiving neuron, a neurotransmitter must cross the

To learn whether intelligence is related to information-processing speed, researchers have tested participants to determine how long it takes them to

Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of

During a lecture, your professor says, "A child learns language as he interacts with caregivers." This generic use of the pronoun he is more likely to trigger images of males than of females. This best illustrates the impact of

Brain scans reveal that different ________ are activated when we process verbs rather than nouns.

If children get attention from their parents for doing cartwheels, they will repeat the trick in anticipation of more attention. This best illustrates

Participants in Milgram's obedience experiments were informed that they were involved in a study of

Research with split-brain patients suggests that the ________ typically constructs the theories people offer to explain their own behaviors.

Which of the following sleep disorders is most strongly associated with obesity?

After Mrs. Chanski and her children had helped themselves to free samples of the cookies being promoted in the grocery store, she felt obligated to buy some, even though they seemed unreasonably expensive. Her reaction best illustrates the significance of

The MMPI was originally developed to identify

As a result of an automobile accident, Jenny suffered damage to her cerebral cortex in Broca's area. Jenny is most likely to experience

The ________ is a measure of ________.

A door casts an increasingly trapezoidal image on our retinas as it opens, yet we still perceive it as rectangular. This illustrates