Which of the following statements concerning short-term memory is FALSE?
a. Short-term memory is also referred to as working memory
b. The storage capacity of short-term memory is approximately seven items
c. Unrehearsed information is usually maintained in short-term memory for approximately five minutes
d. The capacity of short term memory can be increased using chunking.
C
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Fastinger and colleagues (1950) research in married college student housing found that
a. students were more likely to become friends with people who lived nearby than those who lived farther away. b. married college students were not as affected by proximity effects in forming friendships as were single college students c. mere exposure had a greater effect on platonic friendships versus romantic relationships. d. students who went away to college were unlikely to maintain hometown friendships for more than a few weeks.
Which part of the brain is especially active when viewing facial expressions of fear?
A. hippocampus B. amygdala C. thalamus D. visual cortex
Which of the following psychologists would most often engage in applied research?
a. cultural b. gender c. educational d. comparative
Antisthenes believed that the pursuit of pleasure ____
a. is the primary purpose of life b. is good for men but not women c. leads to the loss of freedom d. leads to the discovery of important truths