Chapter 6
Refer to the research study described on page 157 - 158 of your textbook to answer the following question.
Can you think of an alternative explanation for the results of the study beyond the explanation offered by the researchers? What type of study might allow the alternative explanation to be ruled out?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary, but one possibility is that a different aspect of the items other than their animacy affected memory. For example, it is possible that animate objects can provide a mental image more easily than inanimate objects. Matching the items on these other factors (which the researchers did, in fact, do in their study) would rule out these other explanations.
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Research on students' evaluations of their professors indicates that
a. female professors consistently receive lower ratings than male professors. b. male students tend to give their female college professors lower ratings than female students do. c. male students give lower ratings to male professors and female students give lower ratings to female professors. d. female students give consistently lower ratings than male students to both female and male professors.
An antagonistic pair of muscles is made up of
A. two extensor muscles at the same joint. B. two flexor muscles at the same joint. C. an extensor muscle and a flexor muscle at the same joint. D. two complex muscles that allow joints like hips and elbows to move in many directions.
Ideally, a time-out procedure should be:
A) ?followed by the reinforcement of appropriate behavior. B) ?fairly long. C) ?combined with a response cost procedure. D) ?All of these are correct.
When persons with Alzheimer's disease are asked to learn two different lists, the results usually show ________
a) that the individuals with AD have a difficult time keeping the two lists separate. b) that the individuals with AD are able to remember only one list at a time. c) that the individuals with AD are able to remember only the first of couple words off each list. d) that the individuals with AD are able to remember only the first of couple words off one list. e) that the individuals with AD can surprisingly remember both lists.