Psychology Flashcard

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Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a strong kinesthetic sense? Developing a craving for a food after smelling it, Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body, Being able to locate where a sound is coming from, Balancing oneself on a ladder

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Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body

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Dr. Handler conducted research to explore the extent to which hearing acuity changes with age. She tested the absolute threshold for hearing in 10 subjects of various ages. Which of the following is an appropriate conclusion based on the data presented in the table?
Options:
There is no relationship between age and pitch perception.
There is a causal relationship between age and pitch perception.
As age increases, the ability to detect higher pitched sounds tends to decrease.
No conclusions can be drawn because the subjects were not randomly assigned.

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As age increases, the ability to detect higher pitched sounds tends to decrease.

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Which of the following is an ethical consideration regarding the case of Clive Wearing?
- Neither Clive nor his wife can provide their informed consent to be studied because of his condition.
- The level of risk in studying Clive’s condition is too great.
- We should not know Clive’s identity, especially while he is still living.
- This information should only be published or publicly discussed after Clive’s death.

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We should not know Clive’s identity, especially while he is still living.

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Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the role of context effects in memory?
Amy studied for a vocabulary test in the same classroom and at the same time of day as the normal class, and she performed better on the test than students who studied in different classrooms under different conditions.
Mateo studied for an anatomy exam while taking pain medication, which he did not take before the exam. He forgot many of the concepts that he learned when he was studying.
Dina could not remember the name of her second-grade teacher, but after she thought about the names of her classmates, the teacher’s name suddenly came to her.
Jonah tutored his classmate on a difficult concept, and now he understands the concept better than he did before tutoring his classmate.

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Amy studied for a vocabulary test in the same classroom and at the same time of day as the normal class, and she performed better on the test than students who studied in different classrooms under different conditions.

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Dr. Felder is studying whether the color of a drink impacts how a person experiences the taste of the drink. She has an orange-flavored liquid that she dyes either orange, purple, or blue, and gives it to participants to drink. She then asks them to describe the taste. Which of the following would best help her evaluate the impact of vision on taste? Options: Have participants taste it as a group and take turns describing the taste out loud. Obscure the purpose of the experiment until after participants have completed the study. Create an additional control condition in which participants wear blindfolds while they taste the drink. Use participants who have the same gender identity.

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Create an additional control condition in which participants wear blindfolds while they taste the drink.

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Which of the following scenarios involves using cued recall?
Letitia uses a mnemonic device to help her remember the names of all the lobes of the brain.
Steven studies a list of word pairs and is later given the first word of each pair and asked to recall the second word in the pair.
To help her remember what she needs from the grocery store, Marjorie imagines walking through her kitchen and visualizing what is missing.
Kumail scores well on a multiple-choice quiz because he recognizes all of the correct answers when he sees them.

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Steven studies a list of word pairs and is later given the first word of each pair and asked to recall the second word in the pair.

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Using random assignment in this study can help with which of the following?
- Random assignment can eliminate the need for a control group.
- Random assignment allows researchers to generalize the findings to the target population.
- Random assignment to groups would allow researchers to understand if the differences between groups was due to the independent variable (the nose plug).
- Random assignment will allow researchers to determine if the results are statistically significant.

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Random assignment to groups would allow researchers to understand if the differences between groups was due to the independent variable (the nose plug).

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Which of the following best describes the conclusion researchers could make if the results of this study are statistically significant? Options: The results have added significant information to the field., The results are not likely due to chance., A strong negative correlation exists between the number of participants and response time., The reaction times were definitely the result of having or not having participants in the room.

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The results are not likely due to chance.

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To help himself remember the name of his new colleague, Hope, Jose thinks about the meaning of her name—the feeling of hopefulness. Which of the following concepts best corresponds to Jose’s strategy?

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Semantic encoding

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To remember a list of words, Jerry tries walking through his bedroom and making associations between words on the list and various areas he visits in his bedroom. Jerry is trying to improve his memory encoding by using which of the following memory concepts?

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The method of loci