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Mario is highly afraid of spiders. Which part of the brain would be activated if he were to enter a room that had a lot of spiders?

Because they have a(n) ________ component, ________ usually are better recalled.

Pederson’s teacher blows a whistle when it is time for his class to come in from recess. Pederson is afraid of being left on the playground alone, so he starts to go inside any time he hears a sound like the teacher’s whistle, such as the school bell ringing. Pederson’s behavior is an example of

If someone asks you to name the candidates who ran for president in 2012, you will answer from your ____________ memory. If someone asks which presidential candidate you voted for, you will answer from your ____________ memory.

Bowlby argues that infants __________.

Piaget __________.

According to the priming (or classical conditioning) memory, if you are shown the word apple at the beginning of your psychology class and then asked to fill in the blank “app____________” at the end of class, you will be most likely to choose the word:

What is one main difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Dan generally feels happy and optimistic on a daily basis for no particular reason. Today, however, his car tire blew out and his car crashed into a retaining wall. Dan is now angry and upset due to his car being totaled. Dan’s usual state is a(n) _____; his current anger and upset is a(n) _____.

Jessica just got a new bank account password: 979tamu. She repeats the code over and over, keeping the information maintained in short-term storage by using