If the display 7-3-6-9-4 is presented in a Sternberg paradigm and a research participant is asked to indicate if the digit 3 is in the set, his or her reaction time should be:
A) equal to that for 6
B) twice as fast as that for 6
C) shorter than that for 7
D) shorter than that for 5
E) none of the above
C
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Pick the correct defense based on the following description: a mechanism by which feelings or conflicts about one person or situation are shifted onto another.
a) Projection b) Displacement c) Rationalization d) Intellectualization
Judy decides to withdraw from her psychology class because she believes she must drop one of the classes she is taking, and the psychology class is the most boring and meets at 8:00 a.m., a time of day during which she would rather sleep. Judy's behavior is best thought of as an example of:
a. the halo effect. b. felicific calculus. c. the actor-observer bias. d. the fundamental attribution error.