Kevin is shown a list of words and asked to remember them for a subsequent learning trial. He is later shown a series of target words (words that were on the previous list) along with distracter words (words that were not on the previous list). In the initial list, Kevin was shown the following words: dog, cat, alligator and mouse. Kevin was then shown the following list of words: dog, cat, rat
and umbrella. If Kevin says that rat was on the original list of words to remember, what psychological phenomenon has he just demonstrated?
A. retrograde amnesia
B. false recall
C. false recognition
D. iconic error
E. agnosia
C. false recognition
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A. an in vivo exposure program B. a token economy C. guided exposure D. modeling
It is important to Tim that he accurately encodes the list of groceries items his mother is asking him to purchase from the store. Which one of the following strategies will result in the highest likelihood of his encoding the information?
A. Tim puts his cell phone in his pocket so that he can look directly at his mother when she is reading the list. B. Tim lowers the volume of the television, so that he can continue to watch while also listening to his mother. C. Tim walks into the other room to put his shoes on and asks his mother to speak louder to make sure he can hear her. D. Tim scrolls through his cell phone to also formulate his own grocery list while listening to his mother.
Which of the following describes the manic love style?
a. emotional self-control b. selfless and unconditional c. jealous and possessive d. affectionate friendship
_______________ is the ability to establish that a perceived entity belongs to a particular group of things that share key characteristics
a. Categorization c. Grouping b. Perception d. Familiarization