In a study, subjects are asked to perform an arithmetic task while also attempting to remember lists of words for later recall. The researchers in this study compared the performance on the memory task with and without the accompanying arithmetic task to determine if the arithmetic task interferes with one's performance on the memory task. This study used the ____________ methodology to study attention abilities.
A. visual search
B. conjunction search
C. inattentional blindness
D. dual-task
Answer: D
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A. reaffirming personality change throughout the course of life from birth to death B. preparing for death C. achieving ego integration D. looking at the processes that can lead to personality change as a person grows older
While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways. He asks his daughter, who is a graduate student in psychology, why that is. What is his daughter likely to say?
A. Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests. B. Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people. C. A person's pattern of responding may reveal more about their personality than an answer to one particular item. D. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test.
The book discusses an experiment by Merrell that examined the effects of Anthrax, Mozart, and no music on the amount of time it took a mouse to run a maze. To determine if there is an overall difference between the three groups, Merrell ran an ANOVA. To determine which means differed for each other, he ran a
a. regression. b. repeated-measures t-test. c. Bonferroni test. d. chi-square.
In some times in some societies, girls were (and sometimes still are) given clitoridectomies (genital mutilations) in order to prevent their "insatiable and shameful" sexual drives. This suggests that current American views (and studies) showing men with greater sex drives are likely the result of
A) androgyny. B) repressed penis envy. C) culture-specific gender stereotypes. D) Madonna repression syndrome.