Cliff is hooked up to an EEG in a sleep lab. He has been asleep for just over an hour when his EEG starts to show low amplitude, irregular wave patterns. Cliff's hands and feet begin to twitch, and his eyes begin to dart back and forth under his eyelids. The researcher who is monitoring Cliff's sleep can conclude that Cliff:

The in-depth section of Chapter 11 examines the effect of stereotype threat on problem solving. Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about an important mechanism for stereotype threat?

a. Kirsten: "When people are in a threatening situation, they try to act in a counter-stereotypical fashion." b. Liam: "Stereotype threat seems to reduce the capacity of working memory." c. Treena: "Stereotype threat seems to increase the use of the hill-climbing heuristic." d. Scott: "Stereotype threat seems to change problem-solving strategies, so that people are more likely to attend to the structural similarities of problems."

You are playing Clue. You believe that Miss Scarlet committed the murder with a revolver but you are not sure about the room

As you move from room to room, you ask the same question – "the Professor with a rope in the __________." What strategy are you using? a. successive scanning c. focus gambling b. feature gathering d. systematic induction