Mr. Dixon is filling in a credit application that requires him to list all his addresses and phone numbers for the past seven years. He is having trouble because he has moved four times in the past seven years, and he can't seem to recall the correct information for each place he has lived. Based on what is known about memory failures, you should conclude that Mr. Dixon's problem results from:
a. proactive interference
b. transfer-appropriate processing
c. state-dependent forgetting
d. retroactive interference
D
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A. academic review B. secondary appraisal C. primary appraisal D. applied analysis
A subject in an experiment that receives no real treatment would be receiving
a. an active substance. b. the treatment under study. c. the active condition. d. a placebo. e. the experimental treatment.
______are especially interested in determining the extent to which behavior, thoughts and emotions are affected by physical conditions
a. Physiological psychologists c. Behavioral psychologists b. Cognitive psychologists d. Humanistic psychologists
Lucas walks around his busy college campus between classes. He notices smoke coming from the side of the cafeteria, but assumes that someone inside already has called the fire department. What phenomenon does this example illustrate?
a. the just-world hypothesis b. diffusion of responsibility c. deindividuation d. groupthink