A problem-solving strategy in which an individual or a group produces numerous ideas and evaluates them only after all ideas have been collected is called ________

Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in ______ memory

a. procedural c. episodic b. semantic d. emotional

Connectionist models claim to be consistent with what scientists know about the brain. Assuming that this claim is valid, the recruitment of new hidden units in a connectionist model like Shultz's (1998) is analogous to ___

a. the formation of new synapses b. increases in the amount of information that can be held in working memory c. maturational increases in the speed of neural transmission d. the release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft