Now that you know about research on the misinformation effect, how confident are you that your own memories are really accurate? Can you identify any specific examples of how your own memories might have been manipulated or changed based on things that happened after the event in question?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. face validity. b. criterion validity. c. convergent validity. d. content validity.
Both Ann and her roommate, Cheryl, like to study in their room. Ann likes complete quiet, while Cheryl insists on blaring music. If Ann arrives after Cheryl and asks her to turn the music down, Cheryl will claim that she was there first and can do what she wants. If Ann uses problem-focused coping, she can best handle the situation by:
A. playing her own stereo even louder till Cheryl turns her stereo down B. screaming at Cheryl that she is selfish C. refusing to speak to Cheryl until she compromises D. working out a schedule with Cheryl so that they both can have some study time in the room
If a parent told a child to be strong and not to cry when the child got hurt, the parent might be trying to
a. decrease the child's tolerance for pain. b. increase the child's tolerance for pain. c. make the pain episodic. d. control the cyclical nature of the pain.
Among college students, how likely diffusion of responsibility happens when students get to grade one another?
A. more likely B. less likely C. not at all likely D. about the same