Chapter 9
Refer to the research study described on pages 250 - 251 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What is the dependent variable in this study?
What will be an ideal response?
The dependent variables were how well participants performed on the choice reaction time task (“respond when there were 4 letters”) and the dot tracking task.
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Mental _______________ refers to mental programs that are the basis for performing particular tasks
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In an effort to recover repressed memories, hypnosis, guided visualizations, suggestion, age regression, and administering the drug Amytal have been used. These and similar techniques can
a. promote memory recovery through long-term potentiation. b. promote memory recovery through redintegration and dishabituation. c. can elicit fantasies that are mistaken for real memories. d. can help the person to separate and clarify real from imagined memories.
Kim is a daycare worker. She recently decided that the children would no longer be allowed to watch Batman on TV because so many kids were getting into fights on the playground after watching this cartoon. What best explains why watching Batman would influence the children to fight on the playground?
a. ?habituation b. ?classical conditioning c. ?operant conditioning d. ?social learning
Approximately one-third of the federal offenders sentenced to prison as of 2007 were __________________________________
A. drug offenders B. violent offenders C. illegal aliens D. none of the above