What are the advantages and limitations of using the Internet for psychological research as compared to more traditional research conducted in a laboratory?

Three women were redheads, two were blondes, and two were brunettes. How many distinguishable ways could the women sit in seven chairs if only the color of the hair was considered?

Which of the following students' statements best characterizes Baddeley's view of working memory?

a. Sam: "Working memory has four separate components, each with its own specialized kind of cognitive activity."

b. Lois: "Working memory consists of two components, short-term working memory and long-term working memory."

c. Kyung: "Working memory is an activated state of the more general long-term memory store."

d. Manuel: "Current research shows that there really is no important difference between working memory and long-term memory."

The main distinction between short-term memory and working memory is that working memory is _______________.

What is non declarative memory in psychology?

Consider the definition "General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned. Check your understanding of the various types of memory discussed in this chapter by matching the given definition with these choices: (a) sensory memory, (b) short-term memory, (c) long-term memory, (d) declarative memory, (e) non-declarative memory, (f) episodic memory, (g) semantic memory, (h) retrospective memory, and (i) prospective memory.

The ability to remember specific skills and the order in which they are used is known as procedural memory. Because driving involves procedural memory, why is it so unsafe to use a cell phone while driving?

Discuss the process by which something may be committed to long-term memory. How does long-term memory vary from sensory memory and short-term memory?

Which validity would you be interrogating by asking: How well did the researchers measure sensitivity to tastes in this study?

a. Construct validity

b. Statistical validity

c. External validity

d. Internal validity

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In a classical conditioning experiment, a dog that has been trained to salivate to a tone will no longer do so if food is never presented just before the tone. The fact that the dog no longer responds to the tone is called ________.

Pavlov showed that a dog would salivate each time he heard a bell if the bell was associated with food. Which type of learning was shown by this experiment? A. classical conditioning B. operant conditioning C. innate behavior D. insight learning

Which of the following statements is true regarding how scientific psychology differs from the popular psychology found on television shows, the Internet, or in self-help books?

Which of the following is most important to assessment from the social-cognitive learning perspective?

A. behavioral observation

B. measures of generalized tendencies

C. self-report measures

D. objective definitions of situations

What is the difference between unconditioned response and conditioned response in Pavlov's experiment?