The first items in a long list of items to be remembered are usually remembered better than items in the middle of the list. This is explained by the
A) law of effect
B) recency effect
C) primacy effect
D) continuity effect
Ans: C) primacy effect
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An industrial/organizational psychologist would typically
a. testify at a trial in which the defendant's sanity was in question. b. make suggestions to a manager regarding employee morale. c. administer a cognitive abilities test to a teenager. d. be interested in the structure and measurement of personality. e. conduct research to determine how to help people quit smoking.
The two variables represented on a graph are:
a. the independent and dependent variables b. time and behavior c. the extraneous and controlling variables d. frequency and outcome
For a two-way factorial design, there is the possibility of _____ main effect(s) and _____ interaction effect(s)
a. 2; 4 b. 2; 2 c. 2; 1 d. 1; 2