Benjamin can remember exactly where he was and what he was doing when he heard about the death of his big brother. This is called a(n)
a. repressed memory. c. elaborative memory.
b. flashbulb memory. d. painful memory.
B
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Which of the following is necessary for vision? a. Light comes into your eyes
b. You send sight rays from your eyes. c. Sight rays go out of your eyes and then come back in. d. You send out sight rays and light enters the eyes at the same time.
Evidence for the role of top-down processing in perception is shown by which of the following examples?
A. When someone can easily select a target that has a feature distinct from distracters B. When someone cannot read an illegible word in a written sentence C. When someone easily identifies an object even though that object is unexpected in that context (e.g., identifying a telephone inside a refrigerator) D. When someone accurately identifies a word in a song on a radio broadcast despite static interfering with reception
Melody's new next-door neighbor tends to dress rather outrageously and act in a very vivacious manner. Based on this information, Melody decides her new neighbor must be an art major at the local university. In this case, Melody appears to have based her decision on:
a. the availability heuristic b. the representativeness heuristic c. anchoring and adjustment d. working backward
In a family study that applies the twin design, high heritability for a trait would be shown when
a. identical twins differ strongly on their abilities. b. identical twins show greater trait similarity than is found for fraternal twins. c. the twins cooperate when performing shared tasks. d. the twins say they feel similar emotions when involved in shared tasks.