Once the telegraphers studied by Bryan and Harter had mastered the ability to
decode letters and words, they
(a) could focus more of their attention on those letters and words
(b) could focus more on meaning
(c) could no longer get the "gist" of the message
(d) could receive two messages simultaneously
(e) none of the above
B
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According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory, the memory system that allows for the sensation of a visual pattern, sound, or touch to linger for a brief moment after the sensory stimulation is over is called
a. semantic memory. b. sensory memory. c. long-term memory. d. short-term memory.
When making diagnoses and conducting therapy, psychologists should
a. take into account their clients' personal differences regarding age, race, culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. b. use an unstated standard for judging what is normal for each individual. c. ignore cultural differences and use one psychological perspective for viewing all clients. d. use the behavior of the middleclass American male as a standard for assessing what is "average."
Whenever a person has two contradictory cognitions at the same time, a state of _____________ exists.
a. naive realism b. false consensus c. cognitive dissonance d. self-determinism
In most PET and functional MRI studies of cognitive processes, the signal-to-noise ratio is increased by
A) subtraction. B) addition. C) signal averaging. D) signal splitting. E) multiplication.