After conducting a multiple-group design experiment, which of the following would suggest that you should conduct a post hoc test of comparison?
a) The one-way ANOVA has a significant F ratio
b) The one-way ANOVA has an insignificant F ratio.
c) The assumption of homogeneity is significant.
d) The correlation coefficient is insignificant.
Question 2I know how to read, but I have no memory of what it was like to be unable to read, nor do I remember learning how to put letters together to decode printed words. Which of the following statements about this situation is accurate?
a) My semantic memory of how to read is intact, but my episodic memory of learning to read has faded
b) My episodic memory of reading is intact, but my semantic memory of learning to read has faded.
c) My episodic memory of learning to read has been overridden by my semantic memory of how to read.
d) My semantic memory of learning to read has been overridden by my episodic memory of how to read.
Question 3If you learn new material and then get a good night's sleep, you will retain more of the new material. Which of the following is the best explanation for this phenomenon?
a) Sleep allows consolidation of new memories at the neuronal level
b) Sleep allows development of associations to the new material.
c) Sleep interferes with the normal process of decay that occurs during wakefulness.
d) Sleep interferes with the breakdown of acetylcholine
Question 4Writing instructors often advise that writers place subjects and verbs as close together as possible. Which of the following explains the reasoning behind this advice?
a) It places fewer demands on working memory
b) It uses a given-new strategy.
c) It takes advantage of syntactic priming.
d) It uses syntactic frames.
Question 5A research hypothesis that could be either true or false is a(n) ______ statement.
a) syntheti
b) analytic
c) contradictory
d) organic