McCloskey and Zaragoza presented two choices, an object seen…

McCloskey and Zaragoza presented two choices, an object seen in the original event (i.e., a Coke can) and the object suggested in the misinformation (i.e., a Budweiser can). In the second condition, McCloskey and Zaragoza presented the object from the original event (i.e., the Coke can) with a distractor that was not part of the misinformation (i.e., a 7-Up can). They found that:

Karine has an anxiety disorder, which causes her to have pan…

Karine has an anxiety disorder, which causes her to have panic attacks. When she has a panic attack, her heart rate increases, and she often feels the need to escape the environment she is in. What specific part of the nervous system is activated when Karine has a panic attack?

In the 1940’s and 1950’s, clinicians relied on observations…

In the 1940’s and 1950’s, clinicians relied on observations of behavior as definitive evidence that prefrontal lobotomy was an effective treatment for schizophrenia and other severe disorders. But this was later found to be not true by scientists using controlled studies on the effectiveness of prefrontal lobotomy. This historical example demonstrates that _____________.

The parents of a 3-year-old girl say that she is having drea…

The parents of a 3-year-old girl say that she is having dreams about growing old with Alzheimer’s, as well as dreams about failing the SAT. These dreams would be in direct opposition to the arguments of the ­­­­­­____________ theory of dreams, and therefore the anecdotal evidence should be reviewed with healthy skepticism.