To study the serial position effect, a researcher shows subjects a list of nouns one at a time and then asks them to recall the nouns from the list after time delays of varying length
If there is another activity required during a 10-second delay between presentation and recall, which nouns should be recalled the most often?
a) Those at both the beginning and end of the lis
b) Those in the middle of the list
c) Those at the beginning of the list
d) Those at the end of the list
A
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a. The team lost because it did not practice properly b. The team lost because the other team was extremely strong. c. The team lost because its players are not very talented. d. The team lost because its players did not try hard enough.
What is the best explanation for young infants' ability to recognize their mother's voices shortly after birth?
a. An instinctive mother-baby bond b. Postnatal linguistic experiences c. Innate phonetic receptors d. Prenatal exposure to mom's voice
The module describes a study in which students were aroused either because of high test anxiety or drinking coffee. When completing a difficult task, the most highly aroused students:
A. did better than less aroused students B. did more poorly than less aroused students C. completed the task more quickly than less aroused students D. completed the task less quickly than less aroused students
During an action potential, the ion channels open allowing __________ ions to enter the
axon. a. positively charged potassium b. positively charged sodium c. negatively charged potassium d. negatively charged sodium e. both negatively and positively charged sodium