If you hear a sound that is intermediate between dent and tent, what do you hear?
a. Dent
b. Either dent or tent, randomly
c. Either dent or tent, depending on which word is more familiar to you
d. Either dent or tent, depending on the context of the words around it
d
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A. France B. the United States C. the United Kingdom D. the former Soviet Union
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A. encoding failure B. proactive interference C. elaboration failure D. retroactive interference
High-frequency sounds cause the greatest vibration of
a. hair cells in the middle of the basilar membrane. b. hair cells nearest the oval window. c. hair cells nearest the auditory nerve. d. hair cells farthest down the basilar membrane from the oval window. e. the membrane of the eardrum.
The person who developed the paired-associate learning technique for studying memory was:
a. Helen Thompson Wooley b. Ruth Howard c. Christine Ladd-Franklin d. Mary Whiton Calkins