DrEscovedo Measures the Effort Participants Are Devoting to a Task

question 458

Multiple Choice

Dr.Escovedo measures the effort participants are devoting to a task using the product of heart rate and blood pressure.Dr.Escoveda would likely find a ___ correlation coefficient if the participant were doing an effortful processing task and a ___ correlation coefficient on an automatic processing task.

• A) positive; positive
• B) near zero; near zero
• C) positive; near zero
• D) near zero; positive

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Definitions:

Responses

Reactions or replies to stimuli or events, which can be physiological, emotional, or behavioral.

Behaviourism

A psychological approach that emphasizes the study of observable behaviors and their environmental determinants.

Humanism

An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.

Cognitive Psychology

The branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn.