Chua, Boland, and Nisbett presented American and Chinese participants with pictures of a figure,
such as a tiger, placed on a ground, such as a jungle, and monitored their eye-movement patterns. The Americans tended to focus their eye movements
a. haphazardly.
b. in a structured and coordinated way.
c. on the figure (the tiger).
d. on the ground (the jungle).
ANSWER: c
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Children and adolescents are rarely affected by the dissociative disorder known as ____
a. depersonalization b. dissociative amnesia c. dissociative fugue d. dissociative identity disorder
The Stroop effect occurs when participants
a. are told to divide their attention between colors and shapes. b. try to name colors and ignore words. c. try to select some incoming information based on meaning. d. are told to shadow two messages simultaneously.
Mehmet is conducting a study aimed at improving the problem solving abilities of older adults. Prior to the intervention, all of the participants are given a series of problems to solve and, in the process of trying to solve them, many of the participants refine their approaches to problem solving. As a result, Mehmet's study has a(n) ____ threat
a. history b. maturation c. instrumentation d. testing