What is perceptual narrowing? When does it occur?
What will be an ideal response?
Perceptual narrowing is the fine-tuning of infants' auditory and visual perceptions to relevant information in their environment. This develops around nine months of age.
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Cancer is best defined as ______.
A. an illness caused by the presence of a malignant tumor B. cells that are unable to grow C. tissue damage caused by an abnormally high release of stress hormones D. cells that disrupt the immune system by failing divide
The mean, median, and mode are all ______ for normal distributions.
a. equally dispersed b. evenly distributed c. the same d. the standard
Frustration-caused behavior that is repetitive and non-productive is called
a. persistence. b. stereotyped responding. c. cognitive rigidity. d. perseverance.
Describe the design of this experiment, including the type of variables, and identify the conditions created using factorial combination.
A researcher examined whether interrogators who expect a suspect to be guilty, rather than innocent, use more persuasive interrogation techniques. The researcher created a laboratory situation in which students were randomly assigned to actually commit a crime or not commit a crime by following a set of instructions given to them. This is referred to as "Suspect Status." Before student interrogators interviewed a suspect, they were randomly assigned to conditions that led them to believe the suspect was guilty or innocent of the crime. This is referred to as "Interrogator Expectation." Independent observers rated the effort used by interrogators to obtain a confession using a 1-10 rating scale (higher scores indicate greater effort). Suppose the researcher observed the following means for each group:
