Which statement below is NOT true, based on the results of memory research?
A. Suggestion can create false memories for events that occurred when a person was a young child.
B. Suggestion can create false memories for an event that a person has experienced just recently.
C. Although eyewitness testimony is often faulty, people who have just viewed a videotape of a crime are quite accurate at picking the "perpetrator" from a lineup.
D. Many miscarriages of justice have occurred based on faulty eyewitness testimony.
Answer: C
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a. By the time most adolescents reach their mid-teenage years, their processing speed is equivalent to that of a young adult. b. Processing speed actually begins to slow down during late adolescence, and is much slower in early adulthood. c. The processing speed of an adolescent is much slower than that of a young adult. d. Processing speed for both adolescents and young adults is much slower than it is for children just prior to puberty.
The process associated with an increase in the likelihood of an action potential is called:
a. hyperpolarization b. reuptake of neurotransmitters c. overproduction of acetylcholine d. depolarization
Although Erikson agreed with Freud about the importance of internal impulses, Erikson
differed with Freud concerning the importance of _______________ factors. a. parental b. cultural c. unconscious d. maturational
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a) The ability to remember recent events and experiences b) The ability to look forward and to remember at the right time or place to perform an intended action c) The ability to remember recent events and to remember to perform an intended action d) The ability to remember having performed compulsive activities