If you cram for a psychology exam and then later the same night cram for a history exam, your memory for history will be less accurate because of
a. suppression.
b. redintegration.
c. proactive interference.
d. retroactive interference.
ANSWER: c
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A characteristic that distinguishes delirium from mild and major neurocognitive disorder is the ____
a. acute onset of symptoms b. gradual onset of symptoms c. decline in functioning d. severity of symptoms
Franklin and his mother went out grocery shopping. When they were checking out, the grocery clerk inadvertently gave Franklin's mom too much change. When they got back to the car, Franklin's mom excitedly talked about how to use the extra money. According to Sutherland's differential association approach, Franklin has potentially now
A. acquired a procriminal definition. B. learned to be ashamed of his mother. C. acquired the motivation to give back the money in some other way. D. determined how much his mother values money.
Closure is the tendency to _____
a) perceive objects, or figures, on some background. b) complete figures that are incomplete. c) perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping. d) perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
Which of the following recommendations have social psychologists made to the legal profession?
a. The police should try as hard as they can to get suspects to confess to a crime, because if the suspects confess, they are surely guilty. b. Lawyers should present witnesses in the sequence they think will have the greatest impact, even if this means that events of the case are described out of order. c. The police should videotape all interrogations and make sure that the camera angle shows both the interrogator and the suspect. d. Hypnosis is a useful way for producing accurate eyewitness memories.