Two Objects Are Thrown from the Top of a Tall

question 10

Multiple Choice

Two objects are thrown from the top of a tall building and experience no appreciable air resistance.One is thrown up,and the other is thrown down,both with the same initial speed.What are their speeds when they hit the street?

• A) The one thrown up is traveling faster.
• B) The one thrown down is traveling faster.
• C) They are traveling at the same speed.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or at the end.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where an individual's overall impression of a person influences how they feel and think about that person's character.

Phi Phenomenon

A perceptual illusion in which stationary objects shown in rapid succession, such as lights flashing at certain speeds, appear to be moving.

Recency Effect

Recency effect is a memory phenomenon where individuals are more likely to recall the last items in a series better than those in the middle or the beginning.