People in New York think the California cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles are much closer together than they actually are. This is an instance of which of the following?
a) Symbolic distance effec
b) SNARC effect
c) Semantic congruity effect
d) Just noticeable difference effect
Question 2In the movie Jurassic Park, a scientist advises people who are trying to hide from a rampaging dinosaur to stand still, because the dinosaur has a harder time seeing them when they aren't moving.
This advice relies on which of the following principles?
a) Common fat
b) Visual templates
c) Interference
d) Backward masking
Question 3The temperature on a thermometer is an example of which scale of measurement?
a) Interva
b) Ratio
c) Nominal
d) Ordinal
Question 4Researchers use ERP measurements in a study of semantic relatedness. They are particularly interested in what happens 400 ms after an item is presented (designated as N400). What are researchers interested in comparing in this type of study?
a) Differences in amplitude related to different degrees of relatedness between concept
b) Differences in amplitude related to the passage of time
c) Differences in amplitude related to correctness of the response
d) Differences in amplitude related to familiarity of different concepts
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