After Jake set the table, his mother asked him whether he had put napkins on the table

Even though he hadn't, Jake replied "yes" and believed he had because he knew that putting napkins on the table was part of what he always did when he set the table. Jake's distorted memory is best explained as
a. the result of remembering a script.
b. being due to the small capacity of his working memory.
c. a result of poorly organized knowledge.
d. intentional lying.

a

Psychology

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a. the cognitive theory. b. the social cognitive theory. c. instrumental conditioning. d. classical conditioning.

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An analysis of trends in attitudes toward women shows that

a. attitudes have changed very little in the last 30 years b. women have more egalitarian beliefs about gender roles than do men c. traditional attitudes toward women are strongest in urban, industrialized societies d. all of the above

Psychology