Psychology Flashcard

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Effects of a strong kinesthetic sense?

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

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Dr. Handler's research on hearing acuity and age: What conclusion can be drawn from the data?

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

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Dr. Schmidt’s findings best support which of the following psychological concepts?

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Weber’s law

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What was the independent variable in Dr. Schmidt's research study on sensation of weight?

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The heaviness of the weights

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What type of research study did Dr. Schmidt conduct? Participants were blindfolded and given two equal weights to hold, with a slightly heavier weight added to one hand in each trial.

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An experiment

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What is an ethical consideration regarding the case of Clive Wearing, who has anterograde amnesia and cannot encode new memories?

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

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Which scenario best demonstrates the role of context effects in memory?

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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 method best evaluates the impact of vision on taste?

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

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Which scenario involves using cued recall?

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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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What is the dependent variable in a study comparing massed practice and distributed practice techniques?

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The vocabulary quiz scores