Knowing that some mental activities (memorizing the state capitals for a test tomorrow) can interfere with more imm (writing down the message you just received for your mother) is called

A) chunking.
B) convergent thinking.
C) metamemory.
D) phonetic method.

Clever Hans was

A) a dog that seemed to speak in German.
B) Clever Gretel's brother.
C) a horse that seemed to do arithmetic.
D) a psychic who was popular in the 1930s.

After spending years in the ocean,a mature salmon swims up its home river to return to its birthplace.This behavior is an example of

A) homeostasis.
B) the Yerkes-Dodson law.
C) the hierarchy of needs.
D) an instinct.

The practice of celebrating birthdays with gifts and cake would be classified by Émile Durkheim as

A) a social fact.
B) the collective conscience.
C) mechanical solidarity.
D) organic solidarity.

__________ instincts are necessary for survival,according to Freud.

A) Sexual
B) Life
C) Libido
D) Habitual

During Bobbi's therapy session, she noticed that her therapist was frequently mentioning rewards and consequences. Her therapist most likely practices what type of therapy?

A) behavior therapy
B) gestalt therapy
C) psychodynamic therapy
D) cognitive therapy

An attentive judge notices important patterns in a target's speech.

A) Availability
B) Relevance
C) Utilization
D) Detection
E) Judgment
F) Understanding

Being highly imaginative is most closely related to the Big Five trait dimension of

A) extraversion.
B) openness.
C) neuroticism.
D) conscientiousness.

Can there be implicit premises in more than one step of an argument?

A) No, because all implicit premises must belong to the same step.
B) No, because arguments with more than one step may never have any implicit premises at all.
C) No, because that would dilute the connection between the explicit premises and the conclusion.
D) Yes, because there would still be enough explicit information to follow the flow of the argument.
E) Yes, because if there is an implicit premise in one step, there must also be an implicit premise in every other step.

In modeling experiments,the degree of modeling increases as the _____.

A) similarity between the model and the subject increases
B) self-confidence and self-esteem of the observer increases
C) complexity of behavior displayed by the model increases
D) age of the model and the subject increases