Bartlett's experiment in which English participants were asked to recall the "War of the Ghosts" story that was taken from the French Indian culture illustrated the
a. misinformation effect.
b. familiarity effect.
c. constructive nature of memory.
d. reminiscence bump.
c
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a. giving in to her parents' demands. b. using rage and retribution toward everyone. c. striving for academic success. d. avoiding members of the opposite sex.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Hannah wants to better understand the learning and memory processes associated with Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHA; a rare neurological condition). What would be the best way for Hannah to gather her data?
A. Find a single patient and his family with AHA with whom to conduct in-depth interviews about their memory processes. B. Assign patients with AHA to two treatment groups and test them on a variety memory tasks before and after treatment. C. Conduct an online survey among the members of the AHA Foundation about the strengths and weaknesses in their memory. D. Analyze the relationship among a group of AHA patients between severity of disease and memory problems.
According to Gerianne Alexander's research on gender differences in visual processing, which of the following tasks would a man be LEAST likely to perform better than a woman?
A. Planting a flower bed in complementary colors B. Sketching the layout of a yard from memory C. Dodging a large branch as it falls from a tree D. Picturing the mature image of an area of new plantings