After You Witness a Robbery, You Have Trouble Describing the Thief

question 158

Multiple Choice

After you witness a robbery, you have trouble describing the thief. The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief. They are checking your memory by which method?

• A) implicit memory
• B) cued recall
• C) savings
• D) recognition

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

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Stanford University Prison Experiment

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Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

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