_____ are meaningless sets of two consonants with a vowel sandwiched in between that are used to study memory
A) Schemas
B) Nonsense syllables
C) Episodes
D) Memory traces
B
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a. develop the skills that lead to object permanence by 3 months of age. b. develop an understanding of object permanence all at once. c. come to understand object permanence even without prior experience. d. develop object permanence before they develop emotional bonds to specific caregivers.
Your 45-year-old father was just told by his eye doctor that he needs reading glasses. This could be
a. macular degeneration. c. presbyopia. b. retinitis pigmentosis. d. nearsightedness.
Lincoln conducted a successful experiment on modeling (i.e., social learning or copying) and helping behavior among American high school students. He then replicated this same experiment (using exactly the same independent and dependent variables) in a sample of Japanese senior citizens. Lincoln probably hoped that his replication study would reduce concerns about:
A) artifacts B) linguistic biases C) confounds D) demand characteristics
In a multi-institutional study of happiness, researchers found that the gene monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) was associated with significantly greater feelings of happiness, but this effect was found only among ________
a) women b) those with Down syndrome c) children d) men