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Which intelligence theorist suggested that intelligence is made up of a g factor (general intelligence), and also acknowledged the existence of task-specific abilities, labeled s factor (specific intelligence)?

Tamika and Tyrone are twins who developed from two separate fertilized ova that were fertilized by two different sperm. What type of twins are they?

In normal developmental cases, humans have a total of __________ chromosomes.

Assimilation is to accommodation as __________.

You need to remove a broken light bulb from a lamp. Without a pair of gloves, you are likely to cut yourself on the jagged glass. Suddenly, it occurs to you that you can use a cut potato to remove the light bulb from the socket. You have just demonstrated __________.

Little Jonas is learning to speak, and it is clear to his parents that he understands far more words than he can say. Psychologists refer to this as a receptive-__________ lag.

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to have better recall of the first items on the list than items on the middle of the list. This is known as the __________.

The __________ appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories. If it is removed, the ability to store anything new is completely lost.

Fraternal twins are __________ similar genetically than are regular, non-twin siblings.

Forgetting in long-term memory is most likely due to __________.