A psychologist who hides a toy under a blanket to see if an infant will try to uncover it is testing for ______
Fill in the blank with correct word
object permanence
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Changing one's behavior just because other people are nearby is the gentlest form of social influence and is called
a. obedience. b. conformity. c. passive compliance. d. mere presence.
When asked to name the most likely persons to die in drunk driving accidents, most people will say "innocent victims." When asked for the likely outcome in cases in which people plead "not guilty by reason of insanity,"
most people will point to cases like John Hinckley and say that the plea is successful. In both examples, the responses are wrong. What general principle leads us to make such errors? a) confirmation bias b) divergent thinking c) availability heuristic d) representativeness heuristic
The Raven Progressive Matrices is an IQ test that:
a. Is designed to be culture free b. Is verbal but not mathematical c. Measures the intelligence of animals d. Is not an IQ test
Memory is often characterized as being similar to a computer because
a. long-term memories are exact copies, like files on a hard drive.
b. memories are encoded, stored, and later retrieved.
c. the space available for memory storage is limited as is the storage capacity of a computer.
d. computers and the human mind both process information in a serial fashion.