Flashbulb memory is best represented by which of the following statements?
a. It is vivid memory for emotional events.
b. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event.
c. It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time.
d. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for emotional events.
c
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a. develop a sense of despair b. develop feelings of inferiority c. show evidence of role confusion d. develop a strong sense of identity
Which of the following is a disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the myelin in a person's body, causing the person to experience numbness, weakness, or paralysis?
a. rheumatoid arthritis b. multiple sclerosis c. Huntington's disease d. muscular dysthrophy
Which of these is an advantage of behaviorism?
A. It encourages self-reporting by research subjects, who share their thoughts and feelings with scientists. B. Its research focuses on identifiable, visible actions and does not rely on subjects' descriptions or impressions. C. It proves that language abilities result from cognitive processes inherent to humans. D. Its dual focus allows researchers to study overt behaviors and the processes behind them.
In a meta-analysis, the results of each study are transformed into a statistic that is common across all studies. This is called the
A. affect size. B. statistical strategy. C. effect size. D. common statistics.