Cory is a new teacher and has had very little experience writing multiple choice questions

So, on a question asking
for the "father of psychology," he listed Wilhelm Wundt and three women psychologists as the possible responses.
This type of question would most likely produce
a. the serial position effect.
b. a false positive.
c. proactive interference.
d. excellent recall memory.

ANSWER: b

Psychology

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A. he required children to manipulate objects they were not yet capable of manipulating. B. he used only interviews with his own children as the basis of his conclusions. C. he relied on verbally presented problems and verbal justifications of reasoning. D. his problems deliberately tried to confuse young children.

Psychology

Sometimes minority and non-Western parents are categorized as ______ because of their punishment styles, but that label may be misapplied since many are also warm and affectionate

authoritative authoritarian permissive neglectful/uninvolved

Psychology