You Hypothesize That Lack of Sleep Impairs Cognitive Ability

question 75

Multiple Choice

You hypothesize that lack of sleep impairs cognitive ability.In order to test your hypothesis,you will have to determine how to define and measure 'lack of sleep' and 'cognitive ability'.This is another way of saying that you will have to:

• A) develop a research question
• B) develop a theory
• C) develop a hypothesis
• D) create an operational definition

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Definitions:

Target Stimuli

Specific objects or events that the attention is directed towards in psychological experiments or therapies.

LTPs

Long-Term Potentiation, a long-lasting increase in synaptic strength between two neurons that is considered one of the cellular mechanisms that underlies learning and memory.

Flashbulb Memories

Highly detailed, exceptionally vivid 'snapshot' of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of surprising and consequential (or emotionally arousing) news was heard.

Infantile Amnesia

Infantile Amnesia is the phenomenon where individuals are unable to recall memories from the early years of their life, typically before the age of three to four years.