Participants who are studied under a serial reaction time test are shown five boxes on a computer screen. When a box lights up, they are to click on it as quickly as possible. The boxes seemingly light up at random, but a pattern exists. Over time, participants respond more _____ on this task _____ of the pattern.
A) slowly; and are unaware
B) carefully; and become aware
C) quickly; but are unaware
D) quickly; and become aware
C) quickly; but are unaware
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Which associations do animals generally learn most easily? a. They associate lights and sounds with illness and foods with pain
b. They associate lights and sounds with pain and foods with illness. c. They associate lights and sounds with social stimuli and foods with cognitive stimuli. d. They associate lights and sounds with cognitive stimuli and foods with social stimuli.
Object permanence research has found that
a. it is a purely cognitive task and physical task demands have, at most, a very limited impact. b. toddlers who watch a lot of television tend to develop object permanence at a later age. c. toddlers who do not achieve object permanence still have normal cognitive development. d. object permanence responding may be influenced by the time interval between seeing and being able to reach for it.
Which of the following is a true statement about natural selection?
A. Natural selection means that individuals with more adaptive behaviors will pass on their genes to more offspring. B. Natural selection works to reduce the diversity found in later generations. C. Natural selection has been disproven as the method of evolution. D. Natural selection does not apply to humans.
The AwesomeSauce applesauce company hires 20 new employees to work on their production line. All employees are going to start work on Wednesday, and they are required to attend a 5-hour training on Tuesday to learn about the machines they will be using. This type of training that happens in a very short, intense amount of time is called ________ training.
A. 360 B. distributed C. overlearning D. massed