An instructor studies his class roll for 15 minutes on the first day of class in an attempt to remember student names. The next day, he finds that he can only recall the names at the beginning of the roll. This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.
A) recency
B) primacy
C) ordinal position
D) serial position
B) primacy
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. headaches, facial, and back pain c. chest, facial and stomach pain b. limb, cardio, and stomach pain d. back and external
May maintains that existential analysis:
a. is an attitude rather than a set of psychotherapeutic techniques b. interprets the patient's dreams almost always in terms of repressed sexual impulses c. never relies on free association d. never relies on transference
The observation that __________ is an effective treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) suggests that ADHD results from __________.
A. methylphenidate; understimulation of dopamine transmission B. haloperidol; overstimulation of dopamine transmission C. fluoxetine; a deficit in serotonin transmission D. methylphenidate; overstimulation of dopamine transmission