In a psychology demonstration in class, you are asked to look at a blank screen followed by a quick flash of letters. You are then asked to recall the letters you have just seen. This experiment, devised by George Sperling, was designed to test ________.
A. sensory memory
B. long-term memory
C. short-term memory
D. primary memory
Answer: A
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a. CAI. b. CER. c. cumulative recorder. d. programmable counting lever.
Excommunication in the Middle Ages resulted in being ____
a. sentenced to death c. placed in jail in solitary confinement b. exiled and shunned from society d. forced to taking a vow of silence
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A. compute a test statistic before making a decision B. make decisions about the null hypothesis C. prove that their hypothesis is correct D. know the likelihood of obtaining a sample mean if the null hypothesis were true
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A) 3 B) 6 C) 12 D) 24