If an experimenter causes shifts in attention while research subjects are completing a task, their reaction times will ______.
A. stop
B. slow
C. speed up
D. be unaffected
Answer: B
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At a retreat for therapists, the group leader decides to use a few warm-up exercises to help everyone get to know each other. She says, "I want all of the therapists who view their roles as active and directive in the back of the room." When she looks at the back of the room she finds that most of the people back there follow which treatment approaches?
a. cognitive-behavioral and humanistic b. cognitive-behavioral and biological c. psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral d. psychodynamic and biological
The Practical Solutions section of Chapter 1 describes the results of research on learning and memory. Which of the following statements BEST matches the results of that research?
a. Repeated reading of material greatly enhances comprehension of the material. b. Repeated reading of material is the best way to improve memory for the material. c. Repeated testing is better than repeated reading when trying to improve memory. d. Repeated testing does little to improve the comprehension of material.
The average number of "bits" of information that short-term memory can usually handle is what Psychologist George Miller called the "magic" __________ (plus or minus two)
a. three b. six c. seven d. nine
According to Kalish, there is a relatively low level of fear of death among older adults because older persons
a. have been able to live a long, full life b. may view their lives as having less value than the lives of younger persons c. have undergone a socialization process through which they repeatedly experience thedeaths of others d. all of these e. none of these