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lracut11

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Cognitive psychologists often use the personal computer as a metaphor to understand how human beings process information from the outside world.
 
  If such a researcher wanted to test whether or not human memory operates like a hard drive in a computer, the researcher would be using __________ to generate ideas for future research.
 
   a. prior research findings.
   b. everyday experience and knowledge.
   c. existing theories.
   d. none of the above

Question 2

Professor Brentwood does research in the area of clinical psychology and often publishes his results in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Most likely, this source would be considered a __________ one.
 
  a. scholarly
   b. general
   d. popular
   e. secondary


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nixon_s

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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