When a group discussion causes members of the group to take a more extreme view on the topic at hand, depending on which direction the group was initially heading, _____ has occurred
Fill in the blank with correct word
Answer: group polarization
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a. It involves the consistency of response to an assessment device. b. It is an indicator of the validity of an assessment technique. c. It is an assessment device measuring what it is expected to measure. d. It involves selecting the most accurate score from a group of results.
People with damage to Wernicke's area can:
A) use correct syntax. B) produce meaningful language. C) understand sign language. D) understand the spoken word.
You are analyzing a journal article that used the Solomon four-group design. You've identified the following groups: R Group 1 Pretest Treatment Posttest R Group 2 Pretest Posttest R Group 3 Treatment Posttest What would the fourth group look like? I. R Group 4 Posttest II. Group 4 Pretest Posttest III. Group 4 Treatment IV. R Group 4 Pretest Posttest
a. I b. II c. III d. IV
Research on the biology of memory involving the visual cortex of rats reared in stimulating environments and the stimulation of certain synapses in sea snails, such as Aplysia, suggests that
a. the engram is generalized throughout the entire cortex. b. myelination is not critical to memory formation in the brain. c. electrical circuits in the brain correspond to memory traces. d. memories may have neural correlates at specific sites.