When you gradually learn that a certain pattern of wind and cloud means that you need an umbrella, which type of memory is this?
a. Declarative memory or explicit learning
b. Semantic memory or classical conditioning
c. Episodic memory or mnemonic learning
d. Procedural memory or habit learning
d
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In research studies, participants who are exposed to guns behave more aggressively than participants who are exposed to non-aggressive items (e.g., sports items). This effect is known as the ____________________
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An acceleration of the head at any angle causes ____
a. the jelly-like substance in one of the semicircular canals to move to another canal b. the jelly-like substance in one of the semicircular canals to push against hair cells c. fluid to spill out from the otolith organs into the semicircular canals d. hair cells to become stiff and straight
Defense mechanisms
a. work primarily through self-deception. b. are largely unconscious reactions. c. shield the individual from emotional discomfort. d. do all of these.
To save time, you assign the first fifty people who sign up to participate in your study to the experimental condition and the next fifty to the control condition. The interpretations you could draw from the study will be severely limited because
a. you needed to carry out a within-subjects design. b. you failed to use random assignment to conditions. c. you did not have enough participants to conduct your study. d. you need to include another control condition to draw accurate conclusions.