Roderick arrived at the lab to participate in a study in which he was given two tasks:
to remember a list of words and to remember the details of a story. The cognitive psychologist conducting this experiment was measuring his ________.
a. IQ
b. prospective memory
c. nondeclarative memory
d. episodic memory
D
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Although it is generally a good idea to avoid loaded questions in survey research, your textbook pointed out that researchers can sometimes use loaded questions to get participants to:
A) answer questions they would otherwise leave blank B) admit to engaging in behaviors that many people are reluctant to report C) use the full range of a scale -- and thus avoid floor effects D) change their attitudes about controversial issues
Both Piaget and Kohlberg emphasized ________
A) smooth continuityof development B) unconscious processes C) neurological mechanisms of learning D) cognitive processes
Which of the following is NOT a source of self-knowledge?
a. reflected appraisal b. self-perception c. self-monitoring d. environmental distinctiveness
If random samples, each with n = 36 scores, are selected from a normal population with ยต = 80 and ? = 18, how much difference, on average, should there be between a sample mean and the population mean?
A) 2 points? B) ?3 points C) ?6 points D) ?18 points