Studies by Richard Thompson and colleagues suggest that specific memories depend on localized neural circuits in the brain. Thompson traced the pathway that accounts for a rabbit's memory of
a. a conditioned eyeblink.
b. a rewarding food.
c. the path through a maze.
d. a painful stimulus.
A
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Psychomotor retardation is associated with
a. bipolar disorder. c. depersonalization. b. paranoid schizophrenia. d. major depression.
Ganong's research on phoneme perception involved computerized
synthesis of novel sounds and showed that speech recognition is based on a. units of sound smaller than phonemes. b. individual phonemes. c. two-phoneme combinations. d. combinations larger than phonemes. e. units that do not include phonemes.
Social Psychology in Action Video 6: Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance StudyClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 171 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following question:In the video you learned about a famous experiment designed to test Festinger's prediction that people will be motivated to reduce dissonance. Design your own experiment to do the same, and be sure to identify the variable you would manipulate (i.e., the independent variable), and how you would measure dissonance reduction (i.e., the dependent variable).
What will be an ideal response?
Those who advocate applying inferential statistics to data from single-subject designs use them as a substitute for control over variables and replication.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)