Which of the Following Technologies Had the LEAST Influential Effect

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following technologies had the LEAST influential effect on American life?

• A) Computer games.
• B) Cell phones.
• C) Computers.
• D) Video cassettes.

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Definitions:

Spreading Activation

A theory in cognitive psychology that suggests ideas in memory are connected and that the activation of one idea can trigger the activation of related ideas.

Lexical Decision Tasks

A psychological experiment that involves determining whether a string of letters is a word or a non-word.

Procedural Memory System

A type of long-term memory responsible for knowing how to do things, also known as muscle memory, involving the performance of particular types of tasks without conscious awareness.

Connectionist Model

A computational model in cognitive science that represents mental phenomena using networks of artificial neural units, drawing inspiration from the neural structures in the brain.