Chapter 6
Refer to the research study described on page 157 - 158 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What do the results of this study suggest about the purpose of human memory?

What will be an ideal response?


These results suggest that memory is specially tuned to encode and remember animate objects better than other information.

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a. cerebral laceration c. stroke b. cerebrovascular accident d. cerebral contusion

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Aria wonders if people are as conformist today as when _____ conducted his famous study on conformity. Aria is concerned about the _____ validity of this particular study.

A) Milgram; external B) Milgram; internal C) Asch; external D) Asch; internal

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Which of the following is true of operational definition?

A. Operational definition defines how a researcher measures a behavior for a particular study. B. Operational definition provides a way for a researcher to directly observe a behavior for a particular research question. C. A researcher defines an operational definition of a behavior after he collects data. D. Operational definition can affect the issue of reliability in any research setting.

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__________ growth is a return to a genetically influenced growth path once negative conditions improve

A) Cephalocaudal B) Proximodistal C) Catch-up D) Thyroid-stimulating

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