When Sir Frederic Bartlett asked people to read unfamiliar stories and then to recite the stories to him later, he found that the details were often changed to make the story coherent
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
TRUE
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John does not like to plan but loves to take risks. He is always seeking out new experiences that heighten his senses. John is likely__________
a. conscientious b. impulsive c. introverted d. anxious
In the experiment where some participants tasted radishes while other participants tasted chocolate cookies, it was found that those who ate radishes quit the tracing task sooner. This difference was explained by the fact that . . .
a. Since radishes leave a peculiar taste in the mouth, the participants quit the tracing task sooner so they could rinse out their mouths b. Since chocolate cookies have more sugar than radishes, the additional sugar gave the cookie eaters more energy to continue the tracing task c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
In an experiment studying the effects of alcohol on social anxiety, social anxiety is the ________ variable.
A. random B. independent C. confounding D. dependent
Aldo is asked to estimate whether more words in a best-selling novel end in “ING” (---ING) or have “n” as the second to last letter (----n-). He rattles off a long list of words for the first category—running, jumping, skiing, climbing, asking, telling, singing, sobbing—but can think of only a much shorter list for the second category sink, drink, ring. Aldo therefore estimates that words ending in “ING” are more common. In reality, all words that end in “ING” also have “n” as the second-to-last letter, meaning the second group is much larger. What swayed Aldo’s decision making?
A) He used social categorization; “action” verbs are more likely to be used in a best-selling novel. B) He was influenced by embodied cognition; he was holding his textbook as he made his decisions. C) He was tricked by attribution biases; he assumed most authors would write in a certain style that utilized “ing” endings. D) He relied on the availability heuristic; he could more easily recall “ING” endings so he judged it to be more likely.