You come home from work and find pieces of broken glass on the floor. You realize that your favorite vase was broken. Immediately you blame your new puppy, without even noticing that your toddler's teddy bear is lying on the floor near the broken glass
The fact that you didn't see the teddy bear is probably due to
a. your poor vision.
b. your schema that puppies are destructive.
c. unconscious transference.
d. source-monitoring errors.
Answer: B
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a. Members of this group have been improving their test scores over the years. b. Members of this group have seen their test scores decrease over the years. c. Members of this group get lower scores on the test than other groups, on average. d. Members of this group do better on other tasks than the test scores predict.
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a. Gaining parental approval by providing grandchildren b. The satisfaction of raising a child in your own image c. People's lives are enriched when they nurture and love children d. Tax laws make having children financially beneficial
Which of the following statements is true of the cognitive interview technique?
A. Police ask witnesses questions and have them rate their confidence level in their recollections. B. Police offer positive reinforcement to witnesses (e.g., "Good, that makes sense.") when the witnesses give information consistent with what is in the police file. C. Police allow witnesses to talk with a minimum of interruption from the officer. D. Police start their interview with simple filler questions to make the witnesses feel comfortable.
Thorndike (1913) found that the consequences of a response strengthen the connection between that response and some stimulus in the environment. He called this strengthening the:
a. law of effect b. Thorndike's learning hypothesis c. classical conditioning law d. preparedness hypothesis