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
A
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For essay items, the reliability of the scoring procedure should be assessed by determining the association(s) between
a. the item score and score on the overall test. b. the test score and scores on tests measuring similar constructs. c. each item on the test. d. two scores provided by independent scorers.
Titchener, a structuralist, proposed that:
a. unconscious impulses controlled behavior b. immediate experience could be broken down into elements c. discovering the nature of stimulus-response associations could explain behavior d. conscious experience was more than the sum of its parts