Upon returning to a city in which he once lived a decade ago, Omar realizes that he cannot even remember the directions to major landmarks. Omar is probably experiencing the _____ of memory.
A) blocking
B) absentmindedness
C) suggestibility
D) transience
D) transience
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The waterfall illusion is caused, in part, by sensory adaptation. 2. The flashing lights of a Las Vegas casino sign that evoke a sense of motion is an example of apparent motion. 3. Observers busy counting basketball passes did not notice a man in a gorilla suit walk through their field of vision; this finding is a striking example of inattentional blindness. 4. Change blindness is more likely to occur as focused attention on the task decreases. 5. Change blindness is distinguished from inattentional blindness in that, in order to demonstrate change blindness, participants must first focus their attention on some object or task.
Using the hierarchical structure of your long-term memory of the nervous system you are able to
a. remember that the peripheral nervous system is made up of the somatic and autonomic systems. b. remember that the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are divisions of the autonomic nervous system. c. correctly answer that the sympathetic division is a part of the peripheral nervous system. d. all of these
Questions about the activity of the brain can be investigated using positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Robbers Cave experiment showed that ________ when two groups compete with each other
a. us–them social identities can be overcome b. competitiveness must be overcome. c. us–them social identities are strengthened d. interdependence is strengthened