Mort is going to the supermarket to pick up seven items – a toilet brush, shampoo, apples, toothpicks, baby diapers, a birthday card, and pasta. He has them written down in this order on his shopping list,
but he gets to the store and finds that he's left the list at home. He finds the first few things and the last few things on his list, but for all of his effort he cannot remember that he needed toothpicks. This tendency to forget things that came in the middle of a list of items is called the __________ effect.
a. recency
b. primacy
c. serial position
d. pseudoforgetting
Answer: C
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a. the frustration of traffic congestion with automobiles providing anonymity, or a loss of personal identity. b. urban societies being desensitized by the violence and apathetic to their fellow motorists. c. instinctual drives for aggression being elicited by the honking horns and angry gestures. d. the car serving as an aggressive weapons effect.
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Zeke wants to have sex with his girlfriend, but she is not interested and refuses. Which of the following represents a physically coercive tactic on Zeke's part?
a. "Oh, c'mon, if you loved me, you'd have sex with me." b. "I will end this relationship if you don't do this." c. "Here, have another drink." d. "Please, please, please, please...."
Pruriceptors and nociceptors both ______.
A. synapse in the somatosensory cortex B. primarily convey the sensation of itch C. are released by the brain to deaden pain D. reside in the occipital lobe of the brain