Which is an example of top-down processing in the perception of speech??
a. ?Brie’s father yells, “Take out the . . . .”; before he can finish his sentence, Brie jumps up from the couch to take out the garbage.
b. ?While watching 8-year-old Tyler practice his ventriloquist act, his sister states drily, “I can see your lips moving, so you’re not fooling anyone.”
c. ?When 5-year-old Lucretia screeches “Ice cream!” at the top of her lungs, her little brother covers his ears as the sound waves are processed by his auditory system.
d. ?Terrence sits at the piano and composes a song for his band that is dissonant and uses unconventional chord progressions that will be difficult for most listeners to enjoy.
ANSWER:
a
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As individuals progress through adolescence, they spend __________ and __________.
A. more time with the opposite sex; less time with the same sex B. more time with the opposite sex; the same amount of time with the same sex C. more time with the same sex; less time with parents D. less time with the same sex; more time with parents E. more time with the opposite sex; more time with the same sex
Research shows that the more years of higher education a person has, the deeper and more ______ the person's reasoning is likely to become
Fill in the blank with correct word
The central principle of classical conditioning is that
a. after repeated pairings with a stimulus that naturally causes a response, a neutral stimulus will cause a similar response. b. we repeat those actions that we see others engage in. c. the consequences of behavior influence its likelihood of being repeated. d. the interaction of genetics and social factors best explains human behavior.
How many men and women were there in this study (assuming equal numbers of men and women)?
Read the following research report and answer the question that follow.
A researcher compares men's and women's attitudes toward dating their best friend's former girl/boy friend. Specifically, college students are asked to read a story describing a situation in which their best friend breaks up with a partner and they later have an opportunity to date their best friend's former partner. Men and women rate the likelihood they would choose to date their best friend's former partner using a 10-point scale (0 = not at all likely and 9 = completely likely). In addition, participants rate the extent to which a similar situation has occurred to them using a 10-point scale (0 = not at all and 9 = completely). The mean ratings for each question for the two groups, men and women, are presented below:
