An Experiment Was Done to Look at Whether There Is

question 6

Multiple Choice

An experiment was done to look at whether there is an effect of the number of hours spent practising a musical instrument and gender on the level of musical ability. A sample of 30 (15 men and 15 women) participants who had never learnt to play a musical instrument before were recruited. Participants were randomly allocated to one of three groups that varied in the number of hours they would spend practising every day for 1 year (0 hours, 1 hours, 2 hours) . Men and women were divided equally across groups. All participants had a one-hour lesson each week over the course of the year, after which their level of musical skill was measured on a 10-point scale ranging from 0 (you can't play for toffee) to 10 ('Are you Mozart reincarnated?') .
-Which of the following sentences regarding the ANOVA output below is correct?

• A)Practicing for 2 hours per day significantly increased skill level compared to when only 1 hour was spent practising per day.
• B)Any amount of time spent practising significantly decreased skill level compared to when no time was spent practising.
• C)Any amount of time spent practising significantly increased skill level compared to when no time was spent practising.
• D)Practicing for 2 hours a day significantly decreased skill level compared to when only 1 hour was spent practising a day.

Distinguish between different types of memory storage such as implicit, explicit, episodic, and semantic memory.

Understand memory phenomena such as the serial position effect, tip-of-the-tongue experience, and retrieval cue failure.

Appreciate the influence of culture on memory, specifically in the context of autobiographical memories.

Recognize the role of organization in memory, including the use of clustering and the organizational structure of long-term memory.

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Definitions:

Need for Privacy

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Self-Protective Mechanisms

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Compulsive Attitudes

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