Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like __________ memory
a) iconic
b) echoic
c) short-term
d) long-term
ANS: A, Iconic memory is a brief, lasting visual image that rapidly fades away.
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A. are told to divide their attention between colors and shapes. B. try to name colors and ignore words. C. try to select some incoming information based on meaning. D. are told to shadow two messages simultaneously.
A guest at a party says that the psychodynamic and behavioral approaches to psychology are quite similar. You disagree and say the behavioral approach stresses ____ while the psychodynamic model emphasizes ____.?
a. ?covert behavior; mental processes b. ?overt behavior; unconscious conflicts c. ?learning; introspection d. ?conscious experience; personality
This occurs when fear of rejection leads people to keep silent about a private opinion, misperceive the louder opinion as a majority opinion, and therefore become even less likely to express their private opinion.
A. groupthink B. spiral of silence C. pluralistic ignorance D. wisdom of crowds
Between 2 and 10 years of age, children's sexual behaviors
a. stay about the same. c. decrease. b. increase. d. have no typical pattern