Your friend Sophie said that she would call you at 8:00 p.m. When the phone rings at 8:00 p.m., you answer and say "Oh, hi, Sophie."
Then you realize that the caller is a different friend with a similar voice, but somewhat higher pitched. Your initial error can be explained by
a. change blindness.
b. top-down processing.
c. bottom-up processing.
d. recognition-by-components theory.
Ans: b
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A. culture-free intelligence tests B. Yerkes' intelligence ranking of European races C. the finding that immigrants from northern Europe had the lowest IQ's D. the superior IQ of racial groups from eastern Europe
The three key sequences of physical development are cephalocaudal development, proximodistal development, and ____.
A. transformation B. elongation C. specification D. differentiation
Chemical substances in the nervous system that are similar in structure and in action to opiates—such as heroin and morphine—are:
a. hormones. b. endorphins. c. androgens. d. neurotransmitters.
In a flight simulation test, a particular pilot among a group of pilots receives a very low score. However, when he takes the test after six months, he performs considerably better and his scores are closer to the average of the group. Which of the following is most likely to account for the higher scores?
A. instrument decay B. fatigue effects C. carryover effects D. statistical regression