Considering what cognitive psychologists tell us about attention, identify the pair of activities that most people would have trouble doing simultaneously.
a. Mentally planning a weekend camping trip while jogging
b. Thinking about what to cook for dinner while combing one's hair
c. Watching the evening news on television while studying for an exam
d. Carrying on a conversation about the meaning of life while walking down the street
Question 2
Which one of the following best illustrates concept mapping?
a. Alexandra lists the characteristics of the concept insect.
b. Bob draws a chart listing the sequence of events leading up to World War II in chronological order.
c. Christina puts the words force, gravity, velocity, acceleration, and time on a piece of paper; she then draws lines between pairs of related words and describes the relationships.
d. Darnell makes a chart showing the hierarchy that biologists use to classify animals; his chart includes such concepts as vertebrates, invertebrates, mammals, fish, birds, mollusks, and crustaceans.
Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Approaches to Personality
Review Cognitive Changes over the Adult Years
(a) In nondisjunction in meiosis I, one pair of chromosomes fails to separate properly at anaphase I