The principal factor that influences the effectiveness of elaboration is
a. how precise the elaboration is.
b. whether you expect a recall test.
c. whether you generate the elaboration yourself.
d. the amount of elaboration.
A
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When discussing sex with children,
a. children find mothers more approachable than fathers. b. children should be directed to books rather than parents discussing it with them. c. saying things like "the baby is in mommy's tummy" is perfectly acceptable. d. parents should wait to teach children the proper names for body parts until the child is 9 or 10.
Sid believes his dreams forecast the future. He describes all the dreams that came true in the last month. His friend Joey asks him about all the times his dreams did not come true. Sid's tendency to remember the times his dreams came true and forget the times they did not is known as
a. the confirmation bias. b. the Barnum Effect. c. the observer effect. d. critical thinking.
A mom tries to teach her son to clean the room by modeling cleaning behavior, by looking happy while cleaning, and by leaving messes where they will annoy her son. Finally, she gives up and just orders him to clean the room. She has made the transition from what to what?
A. from compliance to obedience B. from compliance to social role C. from conformity to obedience D. from social role to conformity
Katherine W. Ellison (1985) used the concept of stakeholders in selecting police officers. What was her purpose for doing so?
A. To make the police force more homogeneous B. To make the police force more representative C. To foster communication between the police and the community D. Both B and C