You witness a crime, and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw. The memory test being utilized in this instance is
a. recognition.
b. relearning.
c. recall.
d. eidetic.
ANSWER: c
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Which of the following statements is true of approach-approach conflicts?
A) They are the most stressful type of conflicts. B) Both goals involved in these conflicts are attainable. C) Both goals in these conflicts are negative. D) They involve several alternative courses to resolve conflicts, each with both positive and negative aspects.
A teacher says, "Your child is strong in the area of metamemory.". The parent has been told that her child is well developed in the domain of
a. having a slow rate of forgetting. b. knowledge about her own memory processes. c. being able to reason with verbal analogies. d. willingness to attempt difficult memory feats.
_______________ is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait among individuals within a group that is attributable to genetic differences
a. Reciprocal determinism b. Heritability c. Factor analysis d. Congruence
Advanced topic: If the correlation coefficient for a study is known, figuring the proportionate reduction in error requires
A) dividing the correlation coefficient by 2. B) taking the square root of the correlation coefficient. C) squaring the correlation coefficient. D) multiplying the correlation coefficient by 2.