A teacher has often heard that humor might have educational benefits in class. This teacher designs an experiment to determine if humor influences test scores. Students in the teacher's classes are randomly assigned to control and experimental groups
What is a likely difference in the way the two groups will be treated in this experiment?
a) The two groups will be treated exactly the same in all respects.
b) The control group will be allowed to tell jokes in class; the experimental group will listen to the jokes.
c) The control group will take regular tests; the experimental group will take the same tests with some humor included in the items.
d) The control group will listen to humorous recordings while taking tests; the experimental group will take the same tests under regular conditions.
ANS: c
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a. expressed positive opinions about college groups if they had positive experiences in high school. b. desire to join was unrelated to the experiences they had in high school. c. who had bad experiences in high school were looking forward to starting fresh and joined more college groups. d. who had parents that joined college groups were also more likely to join groups in college.
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a. ?would not be effective because leptin has no role in regulating body fat b. ?is effective in helping most obese people lose weight and body fat c. ?would reduce his weight but would negatively affect his muscle tissue d. ?is not very effective in reducing weight for most obese individuals
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A) prefrontal cortex. B) Wernicke's area. C) amygdala. D) right temporal lobe.
The emergency services personnel initially read about the procedures to be used in a large-scale disaster. To complete the learning process, they took part in a mock disaster and rescued and treated "victims" as they would in a real disaster. This approach is based on the principle of:
a. reconstructive remembering b. transfer-appropriate processing c. proactive interference d. cue-dependent forgetting