Psychology - Experimental Psychology. Quizlevel2

What does a CT scan use x-rays to measure?

A graph of a frequency distribution shows the frequencies on the

Which organizational principle of Gestalt perception would be responsible for our perception that an airplane has continued along its flight path even though we can no longer see it?

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“Altering the behavior of the pupil through encouragement or punishment” best defines

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Which scenario listed below is ethical and which is not? (Hint: Refer to Section 2.4.) Explain your answer. a. A student attends a conference and reads an abstract on a poster that she finds interesting as a source for her own paper. The presenter of the poster tells her that the research described in the abstract has been published in the journal, Psychological Science. The student finds the full-text article, reads it, and cites it in her paper.b. A student conducts a literature review by searching articles in PsycINFO. In his search, he finds three secondary sources that give many interesting primary sources. He is unable to find these primary sources; however, he still cites them in his own paper.

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In a time series design, you make several observations of behavior over time prior to introducing a treatment and again after.

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In the study by Waugh and Norman examining primary memory which of the following is NOT true?

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The need to balance practice effects in the repeated measures design is analogous to the need to balance ________ in the independent groups design.

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Student's t can only be used with nominal data

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Collateral behaviors are

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Paivio conducted a study on mental imagery for the faces of clocks. His study demonstrated that

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How many different types of systems are involved in basic number sense?

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Memory consolidation is the idea that memories ______.

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A major problem with using the polygraph as a lie detector is that

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Dr. Chen asserts that knowledge about the world is represented in our minds such that cognitive processes can operate on the representations. He is a(n) ______.