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Kelly is reminiscing about a time when she and her family took a cruise in the Caribbean, visited a few islands along their route and relaxed on the beach in the Bahamas. She remembers jumping on a water trampoline, pushing her dad into the water, and going jet-skiing. This is an example of what type of memory process?

The idea of confirmation bias would suggest that __________.

Alfred Binet first developed modern intelligence tests to identify those who were most likely to succeed. 

What is the procedure wherein the CR becomes weaker because the US has been omitted?

Having a fixed mindset can halt your progression in anything you do. 

When “sleep training” my 8-month-old son, I “rewarded” his behavior that took him closer and closer to the target behavior (i.e., sleeping). At first he got his back rubbed when he sat in his crib, then when he put his hands down on the mattress, then when he would lie down. This procedure of reinforcing behavior that moves closer to the target behavior is called ________.

According to the Flynn effect, the average scores on intelligence test in the US have _____ over the past century. This effect is most consistent with theories of intelligence that focus on _____.

Infantile amnesia appears to only be applicable to the formation of explicit memories, because the formation of our implicit memories seem to develop immediately. What part of the brain appears to be important for the formation of our implicit memories?

People will underestimate the country’s economic problems if the government reports an employment rate at 80%, instead of reporting an unemployment rate of 20%. In this case, the public’s relatively positive judgments have been manipulated most by __________.

Reviewing a memory that has been stored in long-term memory does not increase the time of retention.