Olivia and Evan are outside playing one day when Evan looks up and asks, “What’s that big bright ball in the sky?” Olivia replies that it is the sun. That night, Evan looks out his bedroom window and sees a big, bright ball in the sky. “Look, Olivia, it is the sun!” he exclaims. This example shows that Evan has used ________ for his new knowledge.

People find it very easy to put on a button-down shirt but much harder to write down the steps involved in putting on a button-down shirt. This difference suggests that ________ memory is typically an ________ memory.

The forgetting curve indicates that __________.

Most modern researchers suggest that—contrary to Piaget’s claims—infants do actually believe that objects continue to exist even when hidden in a new location. Why, then, don’t they reach for such objects and retrieve them?

Anthony is able to think about “what might be,” not only about “what is.” According to Piaget, Anthony is in which stage of cognitive development?

The part of the brain that is NOT involved in maintaining sleep/wake cycles is the

When inactive, the electrical charge inside a neuron is slightly more negative than the electrical charge outside of the neuron. This difference in electrical charge is the

The profound anterograde amnesia that H. M. experienced after undergoing surgery to control his epilepsy suggests that

Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ______________ development.

Alcohol increases the activity of the ___________ neurotransmitter ______________.