In semantic memory tasks, response time is speeded up or judgments are made more easily when the concepts are closer together in semantic distance—that is, when they are more closely related
The effect is reversed when the comparison is false; that is, RT is longer for the comparison "a whale is a fish" vs. "a whale is a bird." This is an example of __________.
a. superordinate effect
b. semantic relatedness effect
c. subordinate effect
d. Hampton priming
Answer: b
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a. two women talking with each other b. two men talking with each other c. a woman and a man talking with each other d. two people (either two men or two women) talking about a topic that is impersonal, rather than personal
Compared with 10- to 11-year-olds who only tried a few solutions to the combination of liquids task, Inhelder and Piaget (1958) found that older adolescents (12- to 16-year-olds) __________ to solve the problem.
A. tested all possible combinations B. isolated variables C. used language to support reasoning D. showed metacognitive understanding
EEGs are useful for measuring ____
a. ?electrical activity in large areas of the brain b. ?the structure and size of brain organs c. ?neurotransmitter activity between neurons in the nervous system d. ?blood flow in the central nervous system
__________ psychology addresses the full spectrum of human behavior, both the commonplace and the exceptional:
a. Popular b. Scientific c. Medical d. Maladaptive