What is the misinformation effect?
A. the use of accurate information to mislead research subjects
B. the mistakes people make after being misled by suggestive information
C. the overloading of memory circuits with tiny, unimportant details
D. the idea that incorrect information can stay in long-term memory for decades
Answer: B
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A. They were both discovered by accident by Sigmund Freud. B. At one time, they were both illegal-now just LSD is. C. Both have the ability to alter one's consciousness. D. Both of them can have therapeutic benefits such as losing weight.
In the Jonathan case in Chapter 5 of your text, Jonathon probably had which anxiety-related disorder?
a. Obsessive-compulsive disorder b. Specific phobia c. Posttraumatic stress disorder d. Generalized anxiety disorder
An individual's semantic memory contains:
a. memories about events. b. background knowledge about words, symbols, concepts and rules arranged as hierarchies of information in categories and subordinate categories. c. autobiographical information about one's previous experiences. d. memories that are recalled from an "I" or "my" perspective.
Predictions made about some future behavior or event that modify behavioral interactions so as to produce what is expected are called
a. self-serving biases. b. self-serving prophecies. c. self-fulfilling prophecies. d. expected behaviors.