After appearing live on Australian television, memory expert Donald Thomson was accused of rape. It turns out that the victim was watching him on TV when the actual rapist broke into her apartment. This tragic case of mistaken identity was due to
a. source confusion.
b. encoding failure.
c. retroactive suppression.
d. "memory jamming.".
A
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Pamela experiences frequent unexpected panic attacks. A treatment that could help her to reduce her fear of bodily sensations that seem to trigger her panic attacks would be
a. situational exposure. b. interoceptive exposure. c. flooding. d. deep breathing.
In Diti's study, employees who listened to rap music produced an average of 5.71 units and employees who listened to polka music produced an average of 2.71 units. To see if the difference between these means is statistically significant, Diti should ____
a. ?calculate a correlation coefficient b. ?examine the medians c. ?conduct a t test d. ?calculate percentiles
A patient in psychoanalysis suddenly begins to miss his regularly scheduled therapy appointment. When he does make his appointment, he complains that the therapy is not making progress and should be brought to an end. Freud might have made each of the following statements about this behavior except one. Which one?
A. The patient is engaging in resistance. B. The therapist is off track and should explore new directions in trying to uncover the source of the patient's problem. C. The therapist is on the right track and a significant breakthrough may be at hand. D. The patient consciously believes therapy is not making progress.
Regarding the Müller-Lyer illusion, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. This illusion can be explained by our experience with the edges and corners of rooms and buildings. b. This illusion can be explained by size-distance relationships. c. The San bushmen, who live in a "round" culture, experience this illusion in exactly the same way as Americans, who live in a "square" culture. d. Cues that suggest a three-dimensional space alter the perception of this two-dimensional design.