Megan is participating in an EEG study at her university. Currently, she is awake, relaxed, and staring out the window while the technician takes some baseline readings. Which pattern of brain waves is most likely to be recorded from Megan's brain at this time?
A. beta waves
B. alpha waves
C. theta waves
D. delta waves
Answer: B
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a. recency c. semantic b. primacy d. encoding
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A. The mean of the distribution of sample means cluster around the center of the distribution. B. A single mean from the distribution of sample means may be close or far from the population mean. C. The distribution of means is crucial in inferential statistics. D. The distribution of means approximates population distribution as the sample size gets larger.
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a. benzodiazepines. c. oxazepam. b. Xanax. d. Valium.