Suppose that a 4-year-old and a 10-year-old are working together to make a surprise birthday card for their father. Later, they tell their father which parts each of them constructed. Based on the material in Chapter 13, you would expect to find that
a. the two children have similar accuracy, because working memory does not vary much with age.
b. the two children have similar accuracy, because source monitoring does not vary much with age.
c. the older child is more accurate, because the 4-year-old child will demonstrate almost complete childhood amnesia.
d. the older child is more accurate, because source monitoring is more accurate for older children.
Ans: d
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a. Affirmations don't work to overcome negative self-talk. b. Most people have much more positive self-talk than negative self-talk. c. What we tell ourselves about a given situation affects our actions. d. Negative self-talk is more useful than positive self-talk because it points out things we need to change about ourselves.
A group of chemists who have been working together on a
new diet pill for the last four years meet to discuss their new drug. Over the years, they have all come to respect each other and have formed a close bond. Upon discussing the effectiveness and safety of the diet pill, many members of the group found themselves agreeing with most of the comments that were made. No one seemed to pay much attention to the fact that some of the subjects in the clinical trials of that drug became ill. What psychological phenomenon occurred here? a) social facilitation b) group polarization c) cognitive dissonance d) groupthink