After training Chaser to learn the names of a variety of items, it became possible to determine that she could group items based on their features. Which of the following terms refers to this process??
A) ?Syntax
B) ?Semantics
C) ?Conceptualization
D) ?Categorization
D
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The vibrations of the eardrum that are caused by sound waves are amplified in the:
A. outer ear B. inner ear C. middle ear D. ear canal
Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in
the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that while remembers the names of the people in the fourth group, he can no longer recall the names of anyone he met earlier in the party. Lamar's experience demonstrates a. the phonological similarity effect. b. retroactive interference. c. the cocktail party phenomenon. d. a partial-report procedure.
If you asked people what has frustrated them recently, most of them tend to mention a(n)
a. personal frustration. b. external, nonsocial frustration. c. external, social frustration. d. frustration due to pressure.
Ed participated in a psychology experiment in which he turned pegs on a board for one hour. Although the task was very boring, the experimenter said, "I will pay you $1 if you tell the next participant that this experiment is the most exciting experiment that you have ever been in." Julie also participated in the same experiment; however, the experimenter offered to pay her $20 to lie to the next participant. According to cognitive dissonance theory, Ed will later report that experiment was __________, and Julie will report that it was __________.
A. boring; exciting B. exciting; boring C. exciting; exciting D. boring; boring