Sperling's research in which participants viewed three rows of three letters each for only 1/20th of a second investigated:
a. semantic memory
b. sensory memory
c. short-term memory
d. flashbulb memory
B
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A specific impairment of reading in a person with adequate vision and adequate skills in other academic areas is referred to as ____
a. Broca's aphasia b. Wernicke's aphasia c. Williams' syndrome d. dyslexia
A top executive never receives negative information from her staff. This is known as _______ and is a disadvantage of _____ communication
a. proximity effect / downward b. MUM effect / horizontal c. MUM effect / serial d. proximity / serial
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Cannon and Bard proposed the two-factor theory of emotion. 2. Schachter and Singer believed that different emotional experiences are the result of the brain differentially interpreting the same pattern of general physiological arousal. 3. You will be more likely to report that a person is attractive if you meet him or her immediately after intense physical exercise. 4. Research has demonstrated that all emotional experiences are the result of different interpretations of the same physiological state. 5. Anger produces a much larger increase in finger temperature than any other emotion.
Critical thinking is used in psychology to evaluate theories by collecting
a. introspective analyses. b. empirical evidence. c. intuitive data. d. expert opinions.