A Psychologist Has a Theory About How Hunger Influences the Behaviour

question 114

Multiple Choice

A psychologist has a theory about how hunger influences the behaviour of rats and designs an experiment to test a specific if-then hypothesis such as, "If the rats are hungry, then they will run a maze more quickly." The hypothesis testing process in this example illustrates ____________ reasoning.

• A)confirmatory
• B)deductive
• C)convergent
• D)inductive

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition that prevents an individual from forming new memories after the onset of the condition, though memories from before the event may remain intact.

Infantile Amnesia

The inability of adults to recall memories from early childhood, typically before the age of 3 or 4.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that operates below conscious awareness, influencing thoughts, behaviors, and skills without deliberate recall.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories inhibit the ability to remember new information.