Sir Frederic Bartlett's observation that people often remember what should have happened or what ought to have happened instead of what actually happened is an illustration of the memory sin of:

A) transience.
B) memory misattribution.
C) bias.
D) suggestibility.


C) bias.

Psychology

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A. approach; approach B. approach; avoidance C. avoidance; approach D. avoidance; avoidance

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A mother tells her son that if he doesn't sleep he won't grow. The mother is:

A. partly correct in that growth hormones are released during Non-REM sleep B. relying on an old folk tale that has no support in science C. partly correct in that a rested body grows faster D. correct because we do most of our growing when we are asleep

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If a research study involves the manipulation of one of the main variables, the study is most likely a(n) ____

a. ?experiment b. ?case study c. ?correlational study d. ?naturalistic observation

Psychology

. What was the first published tests of mental ability?

A. Wechsler–Bellevue Intelligence Scale B. Binet–Simon Scale C. the Personal Data Sheet D. the Rorschach Inkblot Test

Psychology