Sperling showed participants a set of 9 letters, and they could not recall more than 4 or 5
of them correctly because
a. the set of letters was greater than the capacity of iconic memory.
b. the visual stimulus fades quickly from iconic memory.
c. items in iconic memory cannot be chunked efficiently.
d. stimuli are not accurately represented in sensory memory.
e. subvocalization requires more complex stimuli.
b. the visual stimulus fades quickly from iconic memory.
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Horney's idea that men envy women because of a woman's capacity for motherhood:
a. showed that men desire to be women. b. was later accepted by Freud. c. was based on the pleasure of experiencing childbirth. d. was not displayed by most of her male patients.
Which individual is associated with pioneering research on biofeedback?
A) Joe Kamiya B) Jamie Pennebaker C) Shelley Taylor D) Meyer Friedman
Which of the following best summarizes social-cognitive learning theory?
A) Children learn best through observation as long as they are consistently rewarded for the same behaviors. B) Children respond best to frequent reinforcement and praise. C) Rewards and punishers are not always necessary as children learn through observing siblings' interactions with their parents. D) Punishment is preferred over reinforcement as a means of teaching new behaviors.
What type of research did this psychologist conduct?
What will be an ideal response?