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1.
Using the information-processing computer analogy, cognition is likened to a computer's software.
A)True
B)False
2.
Strategy construction is the creation of new procedures for processing information.
A)True
B)False
3.
Developmentalists who take an information-processing approach see development as occurring abruptly in distinct stages.
A)True
B)False
4.
The processing speed of fifteen-year-olds is significantly slower than the processing speed of adults.
A)True
B)False
5.
Processing of irrelevant information decreases in adolescence.
A)True
B)False
6.
Infants' attention is strongly governed by novelty and habituation.
A)True
B)False
7.
Schema theory accurately predicts that people store and retrieve bits of data in computer-like fashion.
A)True
B)False
8.
The cultural specificity hypothesis states that cultural experiences determine what is relevant in a person's life and, thus, what the person is likely to remember.
A)True
B)False
9.
Females are better than males at emotion-linked memory.
A)True
B)False
10.
The memory of older adults can be improved by increasing their attention.
A)True
B)False
11.
In terms of scientific thinking, children place little emphasis on causal mechanisms.
A)True
B)False
12.
An individual's ability to solve practical problems improves through their forties and fifties.
A)True
B)False
13.
Infants cannot store memories until they have language skills.
A)True
B)False
14.
The cognitive vitality of older adults can be improved through cognitive and fitness training.
A)True
B)False
15.
Older adults tend to underestimate the memory problems they experience on a daily basis.
A)True
B)False





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