In the Learning Study That Required Subjects to Push or Pull

question 89

Multiple Choice

In the learning study that required subjects to push or pull a lever differently for religious and transportation words, Staats and Burns found that

• A) subjects were faster in "pushing away" what they did not value, and "pulling toward" what they did value.
• B) intelligence scores predicted speed of learning.
• C) religious individuals learned faster on all tasks.
• D) religious words elicited faster reaction times in all subjects.