Liz Lemon needs to remember to pick up lunch for her writing staff, so she ties a string around her finger as a reminder. Unfortunately, by noon, she no longer notices the string around her finger. This was most likely due to ____.?
a. ?perceptual constancy
b. ?kinesthetic perception
c. ?transduction
d. ?sensory adaptation
ANSWER:
d
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Tilcsik (2011) sent pairs of resumes in response to 1,800 job postings. The resumes were nearly identical, except that one mentioned that the job candidate volunteered for a gay campus organization. The results of this study showed that a. the two resumes were equally likely to receive interview invitations. b. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 15 percent less likely to
receive an interviewinvitation. c. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 40 percent less likely to receive an interviewinvitation. d. the resume with the gay campus organization experience was 15 percent more likely to receive an interviewinvitation.
Suppose a friend is pregnant and experiences morning sickness at the same time every day. She drinks chamomile tea to alleviate her nausea. She doesn’t drink chamomile tea again but finds the smell makes her feel slightly nauseated. In fact, the taste and smell of all teas make her feel sick. This latter is due to the classical conditioning idea of
a. operations b. reward c. unconditioned stimulus d. generalization
Studies that measure RT should also record error rate, because errors tend to be lower when a task is completed quickly
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which type of long-term memory can be fully expressed only as actions (or "know-how") and represents the most basic "automatic" elements of conditioning, learning, and memory?
a. episodic memory b. semantic memory c. declarative memory d. procedural memory