You tell a person that you spent last spring holiday with your parents because that is where you usually spend your spring holiday, but then your best friend reminds you that you went with her to her parents' home last spring holiday. Your mistake illustrates our tendency to use logic to fill in gaps in memory, a process known as
a. proactive priming.
b. constructive consolidation.
c. eidetic imaging.
d. elaborative processing.
D
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Researchers studying human memory presented people with two lists of words. One list included the names of objects; the other list contained abstract nouns. The researchers found that people could remember more words from the list with object names. In this study, the type of word in the word list (object name or abstract noun) would be:
a. a placebo b. a confounding variable c. the dependent variable d. the independent variable
Ludwig, a cellist, is memorizing a musical composition by heart without reference to the sheet music. He most likely is using a(n)
a. acoustic code. c. visual code. b. semantic code. d. sensory memory.
Which of the following would be a good title for a book discussing the scientific method?
a. "The Rules: Do NOT bend!" b. "The Scientific Method: Different processes for different questions." c. "The Scientific Method: Why empiricism is the wrong way to go." d. "Science vs. Logic: Who would win?"
Richie has just begun psychotherapy for his psychological disorder. At first, Richie praises his therapist profusely, saying she's "definitely the best therapist a person could ever have!" Within a few days, he calls her "totally incompetent." If this behavior is part of his disorder, then Richie is most likely to be seeking treatment for
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder. B. bipolar disorder. C. borderline personality disorder. D. major depressive disorder.