When Anne Treisman (1960) repeated the research of

Donald Broadbent in an attempt to clarify his theory that attentional processes act as a filter through which certain stimuli pass, she was able to verify his findings and extended his theory in different ways. This demonstrates the incredible value of
A) ruling out rival hypotheses.
B) replication.
C) falisification.
D) extraordinary claims.

Answer: B

Psychology

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When an unusual problem does not occur often enough to permit a large number of observations, it might be studied using a(n):

a.) ABAB study. b.) experimental study. c.) case study. d.) correlational study.

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At 6 months, Annabelle dropped her rattle in a fairly rigid way. By 12 months, she tossed objects down the basement stairs, bounced them off walls, and threw them in the air. Annabelle's modifications of her dropping scheme are an example of

A) accommodation. B) equilibrium. C) organization. D) assimilation.

Psychology