A Person Goes into a Store and Buys a Computer

question 95

Multiple Choice

A person goes into a store and buys a computer for $1,210.In this case,price is acting as a

• A) resource.
• B) good.
• C) rationing device.
• D) capital instrument.
• E) factor of production.

Understand the basic concepts and terms used in developmental psychology theories.

Describe the stages of psychosocial development as outlined by Erikson.

Define key terms in developmental psychology such as infancy, childhood, and adolescence and understand their delineations.

Understand the role of reinforcement and how it affects behavior according to behavioral theories.

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Definitions:

Partial Report Method

A research technique used in cognitive psychology to study the capacity and duration of short-term visual memory.

Sperling's Study

A series of experiments by George Sperling that investigated the capacity and duration of the sensory memory.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which stores impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended, lasting for a very brief period.

Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that holds an exact copy of what is seen for a very brief period of time, usually under a second.