Mitra is conducting a study on the effects of distraction on memory. She has some participants listen to a podcast while completing a crossword puzzle, whereas other participants complete the crossword puzzle in a quiet room. Does Mitra need to debrief her participants?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Only if the participant requests it
d. Only if the participant figures out the purpose of the study
Ans: B
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Classical is to operant as:
A. learned is to memorized B. undesirable is to desirable C. involuntary is to voluntary D. learned is to innate
Holly is an excellent pianist, yet she is afraid to play in front of other people because of her fear that people will hate her music and yell at her. Holly is displaying symptoms of:
A. generalized anxiety disorder B. agoraphobia C. social phobia D. a conversion disorder
______ is the description applied to someone who is not dealing with mental illness but also has low levels of well-being.
a. Suffering. b. Deteriorating. c. Languishing d. Declining.
People often overestimate the danger of shark attacks because it is fairly easy to think of news stories and reports of shark attacks. This is an example of how the _____ can sometimes lead to poor judgments
a. availability heuristic b. anchoring effect c. functional fixedness effect d. representativeness heuristic