LeAnn had her purse snatched as she walked out to her car. The police who are investigating the crime ask LeAnn to try to pick the purse-snatcher out of a line-up of eight suspects. The police are using
a. a recognition task to recover information from LeAnn's memory.
b. a recall task to recover information from LeAnn's memory.
c. transfer-appropriate encoding to recover information from LeAnn's memory.
d. a misinformation task to recover information from LeAnn's memory.
A
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A psychologist develops a new treatment plan for depression, which involves teaching people different techniques of improving self-esteem. He implements the treatment plan successfully in Canada and obtains good results. If the psychologist is a relativist, is he likely to use the same treatment plan for depression in Japan?
A) Yes, because he is likely to believe that, if a treatment is effective in one culture, it will be effective in all cultures. B) Yes, because he is likely to believe that all cultures use the same techniques to diagnose depression. C) No, because he is likely to believe that different cultures emphasize different symptoms of depression. D) No, because he is likely to believe that treatment for depression is based on whether the individual suffering from depression realizes he or she is depressed.
Research participants in psychology studies must give ____________________, meaning that they are told about the experiment—including any potential risks—and then freely agree to participate
FIll in the blank with correct word.
If a retake of the GRE psychology exam is needed, how long must a student wait?
a. Four weeks b. 5 months c. 21 days d. Tests are offered only in September, October, and April
Joan is obsessed with stories about cowboys
In these stories, the bad guy always wears a black hat. Because of this, her schema for bad, dangerous men includes black clothing and, especially, black hats. One day, her car breaks down on the highway and a man dressed entirely in black and wearing a black hat stops and helps her. Which of the following is she most likely to think? a) "Wow, I'd better change my ideas about men in black." b) "How strange, he must be the exception to the rule." c) "Maybe it is men in white who are dangerous." d) "All those cowboy stories had it wrong!"