Inferring Characteristics of People Based on Their Observable Behavior Is

question 65

Multiple Choice

Inferring characteristics of people based on their observable behavior is called ___________.

• A)social psychology
• B)attribution
• C)attitudes
• D)personality psychology

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Definitions:

Long-Term Potentiation

A long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between two neurons that results from stimulating them synchronously, believed to be a cellular basis for learning and memory.

Frontal Lobe

The part of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem-solving.

Working Memory

refers to the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate, conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Baddeley and Hitch

Psychologists who proposed the model of working memory, describing it as consisting of multiple components including the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad.