Cecil, as a research participant, is asked to memorize a list of paired words. He is then allowed to take a nap before being tested on his recall. If he experiences __________ sleep, he likely will perform better on the test.
A. stage 1
B. stage 2
C. stage 3
D. REM
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
Four-month-old Jermaine is playing and smiling at his father. Jermaine is demonstrating __________.
A. social smiling B. stranger anxiety C. nonverbal decoding D. random neural activity
Agatha is determined to ban guns in the United States. This is a controversial topic, and social scientists have debated whether the ownership of guns by citizens increases or decreases crime. Agatha could go to the library and look up studies on the linkage between guns and crime rates. Instead, Agatha just reads the local newspaper and cuts out articles about robberies in which the "bad guy" used a firearm. Agatha is demonstrating __________.
A. a mental set B. confirmation bias C. stereotype suppression D. the availability heuristic
The Prison Rape Elimination Act mandates ____
a. reporting of rapes by prison guards b. psychological treatment for prison rape victims c. the collection of national data on the incidence of prison rape d. development of support programs for prison rape victims