Frederic Bartlett differed from Hermann Ebbinghaus in that Bartlett believed:
A) memory is an unobservable construct that cannot be empirically studied.
B) memory operates like a photographic reproduction of past experience.
C) nonsense syllables should be used in memory research to control for previous learning.
D) memory studies should involve information that people encounter in everyday life.
C) nonsense syllables should be used in memory research to control for previous learning.
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a. She followed Freud's lead in trying to probe their unconscious mind. b. She delved into their presumed infantile sexual fantasies. c. She focused on her patients' visible emotional reactions toward her. d. She believed that patients would always be truthful about their feelings about the events they remembered.
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In a study that is described in the textbook, college students were asked to either perform or imagine performing actions. On a future memory test, researchers found that the students
a. sometimes believed they had performed actions that they had only imagined. b. remembered performing only bizarre actions. c. remembered performing only ordinary actions. d. tended to believe that they had imagined actions they had actually performed.
Tanae was drowsy, but when she heard her child call out, she felt immediately wide awake and alert. A part of her brain that plays a crucial role in her arousal level and attention is the _____
a) medulla. b) pons. c) cerebellum. d) reticular formation.