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Topic 8:

Intelligence and Reason

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Which of the following regions of the brain are involved in meditation? the basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex
Identify a true statement about the cognitive theory of dreaming. It rests on the idea that dreams are essentially subconscious cognitive processing.
" If Gary described his dream to a psychotherapist,Which element in this scenario represents the latent content of the dream? Gary's concern over monthly bills
You don't censor yourself or worry about spelling or grammar. Instead you merely translate your thoughts into words. This technique will allow your ________ to flow. stream of consciousness
Which of the following is true of a fixed-interval schedule in the context of operant conditioning? It reinforces the first behavior after a set amount of time has passed.
The presentation of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior is called positive reinforcement.
Over time, a person is likely to develop a tolerance for a psychoactive drug and need a higher dose of the substance to get the same effect. This scenario exemplifies habituation.
In observational learning, the first process that must occur is attention.
Which of the following is true of observational learning? Observational learning is one way in which human infants acquire skills.
The tendency of animals to revert to intuitive behavior that interferes with learning is called . instinctive drift.
________ refers to the theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in associations among neurons, several of which may work together to process a single memory. Connectionism
________ is the activation of information that people already have in storage to help them remember new information better and faster. Priming
In the context of memory retrieval failure, ________ refers to the theory that people forget not because memories are lost from storage but because other information gets in the way of what they want to remember. interference theory
Fifteen-year-old Matt and his father are in an electronics store looking at video game systems. Matt gives his father a complete breakdown of the pros and cons of each of the different video game systems on display. has deeply processed this information.
The memory of emotionally significant events that people often recall with more accuracy and vivid imagery than everyday events is known as flashbulb memory.
Which of the following is the smallest unit of language that carries meaning? a morpheme
In the context of the biological and environmental influences on language, which of the following statements is true about language and the brain? . Language processing mainly occurs in the brain's left hemisphere.
The ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast are characteristics of ________ intelligence. analytical
According to ________ there are three forms of intelligence, whereas according to ________ there are nine types of intelligence. Sternberg's triarchic theory; Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
When the scores on a measure relate to important outcomes, we say the test has high criterion validity.
________ is people's tendency to report falsely, after the fact, that they accurately predicted an outcome. It is sometimes referred to as the "I knew it all along effect." Hindsight bias
People often form general rules and concepts based on specific experiences and examples. This type of reasoning is known as inductive reasoning
Emma, a 20-year-old college student, wants to start jogging every morning. However, she realizes that this would mean getting up early instead of sleeping in She will prefer to sleep and avoid jogging.
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