A Splinter Skill Is Said to Exist When a ____

question 2

Multiple Choice

A splinter skill is said to exist when a ____.

• A) person's language ability is extraordinarily good but his or her motor and visual abilities are extremely poor
• B) child does very well on one or more isolated spatial and rote memory tasks but poorly on those requiring language
• C) person can develop a relationship with an inanimate object but not with a person
• D) child can retain information for only a short period of time

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Definitions:

Extras

Extras refers to additional items or people beyond what is necessary, often enhancing or completing something.

Attentional Blink

A momentary lapse in visual processing that occurs when two stimuli are presented in close succession.

Stroop Effect

A demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task, where naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors when the color of the ink does not match the name of the color.

Synaptic Connections

The points at which neurons communicate with each other through the release and reception of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.