Psychology Multiple choice 1.The etiquette, or social rules of a language are re

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Psychology Multiple choice

1.The etiquette, or social rules of a language are referred to as:

a.linguistic norms

b.psychological ethics

c.syntax

d.grammar

e.pragmatics

2.Which of the following studies is least susceptible to demand characteristics?

a.mental rotation

b.imange scanning

c.fMRI brain imaging studies

d.physical size judgments

e.mnemonic usage

3.The field of study that examines how the brian interacts with the environment to enable one to make a complex decisions is called?

a.theoretical neuroscience

b.neuroplasticity

c.neuroutility

d.neurothinking

e.neuroeconomics

4.Generally speaking, concepts are held to fulfill which of the following functions?

a.allowing us to establish order over knowledge base

b.allowing us to categorize new stimuli

c.allowing us to make inferences about new stimuli

d.all of the above

e.b and c only

5.Which of the folllwoing theories would be characrerized as an explanation-based approach to conceptual structure?

a.classical

b.prototype

c.exemplar

d.knowledge-based

e.all of the above

6.Of the concept-attaintment strategies studied by Bruner and colleagues, whcih one makes the heaviest demands on working memory?

a.successive scanning

b.simultaneous scanning

c.successive gambling

d.conservative focusing

e.parallel focusing

7.Which of the following are most likely to be confused in Long term memory?

a.the letter P and R

b.the letters C and B

c.the words "see" and "bee"

d.the words "big" and "large"

e.all of the above are equally confusable

Explanation / Answer

1.b

2. c

3. d

4.d

5.a

6.

7.e

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