According to the research on the classic "selection task" (involving the cards that contain a letter and a number),
a. accuracy often depends on factors such as the concreteness and familiarity of the problem.
b. performance is better when people use top-down processing.
c. surprisingly, people perform better when the task is abstract than when it is concrete.
d. people prefer to use syllogisms, rather than conditional reasoning.
Ans: a
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This type of therapy uses learning principles to eliminate inappropriate or maladaptive responses and replace them with more adaptive ones
a) an insight therapist b) a behavior therapist c) a Gestalt therapist d) a group therapist