When Selecting Participants from a Population, Experimenters Need

question 43

Multiple Choice

When selecting participants from a population, experimenters need

• A) to be concerned about differences between volunteers and nonvolunteers.
• B) not worry about random selection with children
• C) not worry about representativeness if a large sample size is used.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Long-term Memory

A type of memory that can store an unlimited amount of information for a potentially indefinite length of time.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Chunking

Chunking is a cognitive strategy for organizing information into manageable units or chunks, making it easier to process and remember.

7 Plus or Minus 2 Rule

A cognitive principle suggesting that the average person can hold 5 to 9 items in their working memory.