Questions Below Will Be Based on the Following: a Researcher

question 38

Multiple Choice

Questions below will be based on the following: A researcher was interested in discovering whether attitude changes can be more effectively brought about when persons are made to feel part of the decision making process. A group of women was selected and randomly assigned to one of two groups, one group being placed in a large lecture hall, and the other in a small discussion-group setting. In the lecture setting, a speaker exhorted the women to use less expensive cuts of meat, whereas in the small-group setting a different group leader, although raising the same issues as the lecture had, also encouraged the subjects to participate in the discussion and offer suggestions, Several weeks later both groups of women were checked at home to determine whether they were indeed using the meat cuts which had been urged. Only 3% of the lecture group members had the meat cuts, whereas 32% of the discussion group members had the meat cuts. The difference was clearly significant.
-Whether or not the women later had the meat cuts defined

• A) the assigned independent variable
• B) the manipulated independent variable
• C) the error scores
• D) the dependent variable

Recognize the distinctions and functions of short-term memory, long-term memory, and sensory memory.

Understand the impact of divided attention on memory performance and encoding processes.

Explain the levels of processing theory and its implications for memory storage and retrieval.

Understand the role of rehearsal in maintaining information in short-term memory and its transition to long-term memory.

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Definitions:

Exercise Program

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Attrition

The reduction in the number of participants during the course of a study, often leading to potential biases.

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One-group Posttest

An experimental design where only one group is studied and the assessment occurs only after the intervention or treatment.