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The predominant theme of the information-processing approach holds that the operation of the mind occurs _____ .

Gestalt principle of good figure emphasizes _____ .

Which of following best describes Strayer and Johnson’s (2001) conclusion explaining what happens when people drive and talk on their cell phones at the same time?

Match the following attention models with their descriptions.

Your text describes a specific scenario in which cognitive psychology approaches were used to criticize behaviorist approaches, specifically, Chomsky criticizing Skinner in the theory of language development. Chomsky argued that children will repeat phrases like “I hate you”, which the parents aren’t reinforcing, therefore the behaviorist theory is invalid. Do you believe that Chomsky’s critiques were valid and that the behaviorist model of language development is not accurate?

The incorrect pair of a researcher with a core concept of his work is _____ .

Consider the following shapes: Instead of concluding that there are 15 shapes in total (which is accurate), you are more likely to conclude that there are three rows of different shapes and this is due to _____ . 

Saying two brain areas are functionally connected does not necessarily mean that they directly communicate by neural pathways.

Briefly describe why identifying an object in a scene presents a great difficulty for a computer, but not a human.

Identify a similarity between the Helmholtz, environmental regularities, and Bayesian approaches to perception.