Prior knowledge sometimes interferes with perception, memory, and learning. Describe two findings that illustrate the pitfalls of prior knowledge

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Any two of the following: (1) as children learn the sounds of their native language, they lose the ability to perceive the sounds in all the world's languages, (2) as children learn the sounds, words, and grammar of their native language, they gradually lose the ability to learn the grammar of other languages, (3) children's knowledge of what people typically eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner leads them to reject the idea that someone could have cereal and orange juice for lunch, (4) children's prior knowledge or beliefs about a person (e.g., stereotypes) lead them to incorrectly "remember" that person doing or saying things that are consistent with those beliefs, and (5) children's knowledge of arithmetic leads them to have difficulties with novel math problems such as 3 + 4 + 5 = 3 + __.

Psychology

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The three personality factors studied by Hans Eysenck are _____

a) internal locus of control, external locus of control, and self-esteem. b) openness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. c) id, ego, and superego. d) psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism.

Psychology