As Jim was interested in the nest building behavior of wrens, he went into the fields to observe them. Jim was using the _____ method of research
a. case study
b. laboratory observational
c. naturalistic observational
d. correlational
c
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According to the discussion in the chapter on long-term memory, ecological validity
a. is typically greater in the research on encoding than in the research on autobiographical memory. b. is relatively strong when the research examines the correspondence between a real-life event and the memory of the event. c. is more likely in the research on implicit memory than in the research on explicit memory. d. is a concept that was strongly emphasized in the early history of cognitive psychology, but it is now considered relatively unimportant.
For the F ratio, the between-______ term will be calculated the same way it was for a between-subjects design.
A. groups variance B. subject variance C. group means D. subject means
The father of functionalism was ______.
A. B. F. Skinner B. James C. Locke D. Dewey
Thirty years ago, it took Margie ten hours to learn how to ride a bike. She has not ridden a bike since then. Now she is relearning how to ride a bike, but this time it takes her only five hours. Because it took her less time to relearn the skill than it took to learn it initially, Margie is demonstrating
A. the recency effect. B. savings. C. retroactive inhibition. D. proactive inhibition.