Hearing begins when sound waves stimulate the ________.

a. round window
b. eardrum
c. earlobe
d. oval window


Answer: b. eardrum

Psychology

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When Purdie-Vaughns and others (2008) presented African-American corporate professionals with a brochure for a fictitious management consulting firm, they found that a. if the brochure depicted a low level of minority representation, they were uncomfortable with the idea that thefirm was colorblind

b. if the brochure depicted a low level of minority representation, they were comfortable with the idea that thefirm was colorblind. c. if the brochure depicted a high level of minority representation, they were uncomfortable with the idea that thefirm was colorblind. d. the professionals were uncomfortable with the colorblind firm regardless of what was depicted in thebrochure.

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The first person to argue that the passage of time does not cause forgetting was probably __________

a. Ebbinghaus b. McGeoch c. Steinmetz d. Underwood

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According to Atkinson and Sheriff’s model of memory, actively thinking about the three stores of memory at this moment occurs in _________ memory.

a. short-term b. long-term c. sensory d. recognition

Psychology

Jensen had to memorize the state capitals. To do so, he repeated the information to himself over and over. Jensen used a memory strategy known as

A) elaboration. B) organization. C) metacognition. D) rehearsal.

Psychology