Chapter 1 of your textbook ends with a discussion about the five themes of this book. According to this discussion,

a. cognition is generally not very accurate.
b. cognition typically emphasizes both top-down and bottom-up processing.
c. children typically emphasize top-down processing, but adults typically emphasize bottom-up processing.
d. cognition is typically more accurate for negative information than for positive information.

Ans: b

Psychology

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Jenny's solution is best explained by which of the following? a. her previous history of conditioning b. her previous experiences with reaching objects that are out of reach c. latent learning d. insight

Psychology

The founder of Gestalt psychology and pioneer of insight problem solving was:

a. Thorndike. b. Terman. c. Kohler. d. Harlow.

Psychology