Shortly after you see a missing-child poster you are more likely to interpret an ambiguous adult-child interaction as a possible kidnapping. This best illustrates the impact of

Just prior to awakening Chinua from a hypnotic state, the therapist told him that during the next few days he would feel nauseous whenever he reached for a cigarette. Chinua’s therapist was attempting to make use of

The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ________ effect.

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

Which of the following best illustrates psychology’s current understanding of the relationship between thinking and language?

Using barely recognizable syllables to communicate meaning best illustrates a 12-month-old’s developing capacity for

People should avoid back-to-back study times for learning Spanish and French vocabulary in order to minimize

Which of the following best explains why Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables increasingly difficult as his research career progressed?

During the earliest stage of speech development, infants

You took Spanish during your sophomore year, and French during your junior year. Happily, you found that knowing Spanish helped you learn French. This phenomenon is best explained by