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Introductory psychology students facing a midterm exam 1 week later spent 5 minutes daily visualizing themselves scanning the posted grade list, seeing their A, and feeling proud. This daily _____ simulation had _____ effect on their exam scores.

Researchers asked people to identify a word that forms a compound word or phrase with each of three other words in a set. Before the instant of discovery, there was a burst of activity in the brain’s _____ lobe, which is involved in focusing attention. At the instant of discovery, there was activity in the _____ lobe.

Luciana’s infant has just entered the babbling stage. Luciana’s infant is most likely to be _____ months of age.

When a person says they made a decision based on intuition, they are saying that they used

No matter what language we first use, our first words are mostly

More than other animals, humans have the ability to

Some people are unable to arrange six matchsticks to form four equilateral triangles because they limit the solution to two dimensions. This best illustrates the effects of _____ on problem solving.

Ila, who is six months old, makes a wide variety of responsive sounds when people speak to her. Ila is currently in the _____ stage of language development.

Mina, a sculptor, is trying to figure out how to engineer a large piece she will build and install at a local art show. After setting the project aside and thinking of other things for several days, when she sits back down to work on the piece, the answer becomes clear to her. This demonstrates how _____ can boost problem solving.

When we use the word Scandinavian to refer to a grouping of people from a certain area of Europe, we are using this word as a(n)