In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory, the participants were to report ___________
a) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared.
b) only one or two of the letters in the cued line.
c) the first letter of each line only.
d) the middle letter of each line.
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a. a schema. b. a cluster. c. a stereotype. d. category.
The sleep disorder in which a person has difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep is:
a. hypersomnia b. sleep apnea c. parasomnia d. insomnia
You are a psychologist who wants to explain each of the following problems or behaviors. Identify which of the three major theoretical perspectives examined in this chapter will be most useful to you in each case, and briefly explain why
a. Randy finds it difficult to stop smoking, especially when he is studying. b. Alec has an irrational fear of thunderstorms. c. Anne always misbehaves in the supermarket, but is perfectly well-behaved in the car. d. Debra thinks that girls can change into men when they grow up. e. Coco, a cocker spaniel, has learned to sniff out narcotics at the airport. What will be an ideal response
A dog learns to "shake paws" on command because it has been given dog biscuits for doing so. This is an example of
classical conditioning. operant conditioning. cognitive conditioning. stimulus conditioning.