Barry held a ring attached to a string at eye level and concentrated on the ring
He is surprised that the ring begins to move and that he appears to be making it move using only mental force. Barry has shown all of the following EXCEPT
a. autosuggestion.
b. psychokinesis.
c. tiny micromovements of the hand.
d. involuntary actions resulting from self-hypnosis.
ANSWER: b
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Suppose you have a 22-year-old friend who came to North America from Korea when he was 15 and then began to learn English. If he is like the participants in Flege's study on bilingualism, he will find that
a. he will develop trouble in Korean with verb tenses and the gender of nouns, but will maintain his Korean vocabulary. b. he will lose a substantial percentage of his Korean vocabulary. c. he will have difficulty mastering English vocabulary. d. he will master English grammar as well as a Korean speaker who learned English as a 10-year-old child, as long as they both have the same amount of U.S. education.
Which of the following is a summary of the research on learning done by Edward Tolman?
a) Learning is a passive process that involves little, if any, cognitive processing. b) Learning involves higher cognitive functions and is therefore a skill of which only humans are capable. c) When experienced, insight can be generalized to new problems and is not likely to be forgotten. d) Learning is possible without immediate reinforcement; the newly acquired skill is often not displayed until it becomes necessary to do so.