Chelsea is trying to learn Spanish. However, she is finding it difficult to learn Spanish because of her tendency to apply English grammar to the Spanish language. This is an example of:

a. decay.
b. proactive interference.
c. the forgetting curve.
d. retroactive interference.


b. proactive interference.

Psychology

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Richard tells his new joke to three different people, and each one of them laughs. Because telling the joke led to laughter, which Richard enjoys, Richard will be more likely to tell this joke to other people. This situation illustrates

a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious conditioning. c. the law of association. d. the law of effect.

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Which of the following measures of central tendency is sensitive to extremely high or low scores in a distribution?

a. mean b. midst c. mode d. median

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The traits of the five-factor model of personality are thought to be

a. based on an individual's experience. c. genetically based. b. related to people's basic temperaments. d. both b and c.

Psychology