After a particularly difficult psychology exam, you and your friends confide in one another about the test, comparing your answers and reactions to the test. This is known as Leon Festinger's
A) social relevance theory.
B) social experiment theory.
C) social comparison theory.
D) social comprehensive theory.
Answer: C
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Several experiments showed that short-term memory fades rapidly unless it is rehearsed. One possible explanation is decay. What is another likely explanation?
a. Chunking b. Repression c. Confabulation d. Interference
An approach to education, known as the ________ model, suggests that the goal of education is to assimilate individual cultural identities into a unique, unified American culture
A) pluralistic society B) multicultural C) cultural assimilation D) cultural accommodation
Values of res:t, Cohen's d, and Cramér's V are all considered measures of
a. effect size. b. confounding variables. c. subjects' accuracy. d. reaction time.
The process by which a sequence of thoughts and action makes the sequence routine, so that it no longer requires conscious thought, is referred to as _____.
A. selective attention B. divided attention C. automatization D. reaction time