Older adults have better memories than younger adults because the older adults have more focused attention and thus process information more deeply

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


F

Psychology

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a. Lengthening the delay between one drug administration and the next one b. Getting regular amounts of sleep at the same time each night c. Taking the drug repeatedly in the same place, under the same conditions d. Going through the injection procedure, without the drug itself

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On average, how much of their total expenditures will senior citizens spend a on healthcare?

A. 13 percent B. 22 percent C. 37 percent D. 54 percent

Psychology

Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of people?

a. It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics studied by social psychologists. b. It is a very serious problem for most,but not all topics, within social psychology. c. It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000, and thus, lacks ameasure. d. It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are studying certain topics.

Psychology

Being a very creative person, you have decided to develop a test of creativity. When developing the norms for the test, you should make sure that the members of the comparison group

a. are similar to the individuals who will be tested. b. are as different as possible from the individuals to be tested. c. are not tested under the same circumstances. d. have been shown to be highly creative.

Psychology