The ________________ approach argues that cognitive processes can be represented by a model in which activation flows through networks that link together a large number of simple, neuron-like units.

Jim went to his school’s track meet and was struck in the head by a javelin thrown by a very poor athlete. The javelin pierced Jim’s hippocampus. Ever since that fateful day, Jim still has his memories from before the accident, but he cannot form any new memories.  Jim says his experience is like “waking up” every few minutes, because he can never remember what has happened. Jim probably has…

People often respond to the question “Is a robin a bird?” faster than they do to “Is a penguin a bird?” This phenomenon is called the _____________________ effect.

The capacity of long-term memory (LTM) is ______________, while the duration of LTM is ____________.

What type of chemical bonds connects the complementary strands of a DNA molecule to each other?  

Which macro-molecule has a sugar-phosphate backbone?  

According to Emily Balcetis, softball players who’ve just come out of a slump see the ball as _______ and dieters see an apple as __________

Emily Balcetis suggests that most Americans find their New Year’s Eve resolutions are broken by

Your mood gets more positive after working out because you experience

When you investigate a newly discovered DNA polymerase from a deep sea microbe and you find that it has an error rate of 1 mistake in every 106  bases copied. However, the overall mutation rate is much lower. This is most likely because: