Adrian sees a girl in a red shirt steal a candy bar. Later, during questioning, the police ask what candy the girl in the blue shirt stole. Months later, when Adrian testifies in court, he describes the girl as having worn a blue shirt. This is an example of
Participating in a psychology experiment, Hannah hears this…
Participating in a psychology experiment, Hannah hears this list of words: “truck . . . wheel . . . motorcycle . . . taxicab . . . bus . . . van . . . bicycle . . . street . . .” In which of the following hypotheses might we have the most confidence?
Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to t…
Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next are called
Which of the following is the best reason that we have troub…
Which of the following is the best reason that we have trouble remembering the license plate number of a car that we just passed 10 minutes ago?
The Hawthorne effect refers to changes in behavior associate…
The Hawthorne effect refers to changes in behavior associated with
The somatic nervous system allows
The somatic nervous system allows
Because psychologists generally use college students as rese…
Because psychologists generally use college students as research participants, the research does NOT involve
A researcher investigated how two different flirting styles…
A researcher investigated how two different flirting styles affected the person being flirted with. The researcher categorized “happiness” in the person being flirted with based on the number of times that person smiled in a 15-minute period. In this research the number of smiles is
Which of the following is an example of critical thinking?
Which of the following is an example of critical thinking?
A researcher believes that presenting possible suspects in a…
A researcher believes that presenting possible suspects in a lineup one at a time instead of in a group would lead to more accurate identification of the true suspect. This belief represents a(n)