The Working Group on Investigation of Memories of Childhood Abuse, appointed by the American Psychological Association,
A. had a report written by experimental research psychologists that indicated that suggestive information can degrade memory and false memories are relatively easy to create.
B. had a report written by clinical psychologists that suggested that abuse can lead a child to use dissociative coping strategies and may interfere with the retrieval of memories.
C. could not agree on a final conclusion.
D. all of the above
D
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A. 1/3 B. 1/4 C. 1/5 D. 1/6
The null hypothesis is hypothesis of ______, which the researcher tries to ______.
A. no relationship; reject B. confounded relationship; investigate C. cause–effect relationship; prove D. spurious relationship; nullity
When our behaviors are inconsistent with our values or beliefs, we are NOT likely to experience cognitive dissonance if
a. the beliefs are integral to our self-concepts. b. we engaged in the behavior voluntarily. c. no one observed the inconsistent behavior. d. we can point to external justifications for our behavior.
Three principles of skilled memory are:
A) the memory, perception, and retention principle B) the encoding specificity principle, the mnemonic encoding principle, and the lateral inhibition principle C) the skilled organization principle, the encoding specificity principle, and the retrieval structure principle D) the slow down forgetting principle, the cerebral acceleration principle, and the left hemisphere focus principle E) mnemonic encoding principle, the retrieval structure principle, and the speedup principle