Instances have occurred in which witnesses described a criminal as black, tall, or young; and then the lineup was held in which a suspect was the only African American among whites, the only tall suspect, or the only young person. Having situations like this would produce
a. the serial position effect.
b. false positives.
c. proactive interference.
d. memory consolidation.
B
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A. when trained to do so by the experimenter. B. when reminded to do so by the experimenter. C. when given no instructions about coping strategies by the experimenter. D. very rarely, unless the stimulus is extremely anxiety provoking.
The sum of all terms in any binomial expansion will equal _______
a. 1.0000 c. depends on the values of P and Q b. 0.5000 d. 0.0000 (WWW)
Critics of theories of multiple intelligences argue that
A. we assess a limited number of types of intelligence with these tests. B. Gardner's classification system is arbitrary. C. we do not have sufficient research data to support these theories. D. All of these choices are correct.
Research by Phillips on the "Sorrows of Young Werther" effect suggests that social influence may even lead us to follow others lead in:
A. love B. job choice C. divorce D. suicide