In an experiment in which students took part in a discussion over an intercom, one "student" pretended to have an epileptic seizure. When a six-person group heard the seizure, over 1/3 of the group took no action due to

a. a diffusion of responsibility.
b. desensitization of responses.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. just-world beliefs.


A

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a. nondeclarative memory. b. procedural memory. c. declarative memory. d. prospective memory.

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A researcher uses a manipulated independent variable in her experiment. This means she

A. conducts her research in a laboratory. B. uses comparison groups. C. makes her prediction before conducting the study. D. randomly assigns participants to conditions.

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Older children know more than younger children, which expands their ____ to improve their memory

a. working memory capacity b. memory strategies c. knowledge base d. metamemory

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According to article on object permanence, Now You See It, Now You Don't, one major flaw in Piaget's

observations regarding the age object permanence first appears in children was that it overlooked (a) the development of certain cognitive and motor skills necessary to search for an object (b) the role of personality traits in influencing the behavior of a young child (c) the context in which an object is viewed (d) all of the above

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