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urbanoutfitters · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

How can time-based measures be used to understand cognitive processes such as solving simple math problems?

a) By comparing times taken to perform tasks at different levels of complexit
b) By comparing times required for processing to those required for retrieval
c) By comparing times taken by subjects to a set of established time standards
d) By comparing times measured before and after an intervention

Question 2

Imagine you are a freshman non-psychology major enrolled in an Introduction to Psychology course as part of your requisite curriculum. You have the option of participating in research conducted by the psychology faculty or writing a paper.

You have a heavy load of courses this semester and want to meet the course requirements with as little effort as possible. You choose to participate in research, but when completing surveys online, you race through the items quickly and respond indiscriminately. This is an issue of failure
a) to uphold participants' responsibility in research
b) of the experimenter to uphold his or her responsibility in research.
c) of the Institutional Review Board to uphold its responsibility in research.
d) of the psychology instructor to provide reasonable alternatives to research participation.