Which model of memory suggests that memory processes occur throughout a neural network simultaneously?
a. levels-of-processing model
b. parallel distributed processing model
c. information-processing model
d. three-stage model
b
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A researcher plans to study the relationship between people's smoking behavior and their tendency to have minor physical illnesses (such as colds or the flu). Most likely, he will use correlational research for the study because
a. correlational studies are always the "first choice" of researchers. b. it is not practical or ethical to manipulate people's smoking behavior. c. correlational studies allow the researcher to draw strong cause-and-effect conclusions. d. the university does not allow smoking in the psychology building.
We are trying to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for claustrophobia. We have a control group that receives no treatment and an experimental group that receives our new treatment. We ask each participant to enter a very small room and stay there are long as they can. The mean of the control group is 10 seconds, with a standard deviation of 4 seconds. The mean of the experimental group is 18
seconds with a standard deviation of 8 seconds. Our best estimate of effect size is a. 2.0 b. 1.33 c. 1.0 d. 1.75
________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently stored material
a. Cue-dependent forgetting b. Proactive interference c. Decay d. Retroactive interference
Which division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for producing physiological symptoms (such as increased heart rate and butterflies in the stomach) under conditions of stress?
A. sympathetic B. central C. somatic D. parasympathetic