Rosch and coworkers conducted an experiment in which participants were shown a category label, like a car or vehicle, and then, after a brief delay, saw a picture. The participants' task was to indicate as rapidly as possible whether the picture was a member of the category. Their results showed
A. the priming effect was most robust for superordinate level categories.
B. the priming effect was most robust for basic level categories.
C. no measurable priming effect.
D. the priming effect was the same for superordinate and basic level categories.
Answer: B
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a. trichromatic theory. b. additive color mixing. c. subtractive color mixing. d. multiplicative color mixing.
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a. Heart rate b. Visual acuity c. Muscle tone d. Visual fixation
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Only children have higher intelligence and achievement scores than children with siblings. b. There are no differences between only children and children with siblings on measures of sociability and personal adjustment. c. Only children have less positive relationships with their parents than children with siblings have. d. Only children rank higher on measurements of leadership, personal control, and maturity.
Older siblings tend to:
a. be nurturing of their younger siblings. c. be role models for their younger siblings. b. be dominant over their younger siblings. d. all of these