The primacy effect refers to memory for important items on a list.
a. true
b. false
b. false (refers to good memory recall for items at the beginning of the list being studied)
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The president of State College wants to conduct a survey of the students. He knows there are 325 freshmen, 250 sophomores, 175 juniors, 100 seniors, and 150 graduate students. What is the probability that the very first person randomly selected for the survey will be a freshman?
a. 0.03 c. 0.33 b. 0.01 d. 0.60
According to Piaget, when children encounter something familiar, they ________ it; when they encounter something new, they ___________ it
a. accommodate; animate b. animate; assimilate c. assimilate; accommodate d. symbolize; animate
Sleepers should show greater slow-wave brain activity during sleep after a day spent:
A. studying for final exams. B. engaging in strenuous physical exercise. C. watching movies. D. resting in bed.
Liam does not have as high an IQ as his twin brother, but Liam persists at his tasks and has confidence that he will be able to solve life's problems. According to research, we can predict
A. Liam will probably give up easily and thus end up being a low achiever. B. Liam may be quite a high achiever because he has adaptive motivational patterns. C. Liam will not be as successful as his intellectually brighter twin. D. None of these choices are correct.